Chapter 17

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​⁠Scandal, meanwhile, was collecting her eager forces for a great campaign against the Orange marriage. It was unanimously decided that the affair could not be hushed up. Sympathy—within wise limits—was on the side of the lovers, but sympathy, nevertheless, expressed a desire to hear fuller particulars. Society journalism was, at that time, just coming into vogue, and the weekly papers contained sev