- Mr.
- and
- Mrs.
- Walter
- Hibbert
- had
- been
- married
- just
- four
- months
- when
- Aunt
- Anne
- first
- appeared
- on
- the
- scene.
- They
- were
- at
- Brighton,
- whither
- they
- had
- gone
- from
- Friday
- to
- Tuesday,
- so
- that
- Mr.
- Hibbert
- might
- get
- braced
- up
- after
- a
- hard
- spell
- of
- work.
- Besides
- doing
- his
- usual
- journalism,
- he
- had
- been
- helping
- a
- friend
- with
- a
- popular
- educational
- weekly,
- and
- altogether
- "had
- slaved
- quite
- wickedly,"
- so
- his
- wife
- said.
- But
- he
- had
- declared
- that,
- though
- he
- found
- matrimony,
- as
- far
- as
- he
- had
- gone,
- very
- delightful,
- it
- had
- to
- be
- paid
- for,
- especially
- at
- the
- beginning
- of
- its
- career,
- when
- it
- ran
- into
- furniture,
- linen,
- plate,
- and
- expensive
- presents
- to
- a
- dear
- little
- wife,
- though
- the
- expensiveness
- of
- the
- last
- he
- generously
- kept
- to
- himself.
- So
- it
- resulted
- in
- the
- visit
- to
- Brighton.
- They
- spent
- the
- happiest
- four
- days
- in
- the
- world
- there,
- and
- felt
- quite
- sad
- when
- Tuesday
- morning
- arrived.
- But
- they
- wisely
- did
- their
- best
- to
- forget
- that
- the
- evening
- train
- would
- take
- them
- back
- to
- London,
- and
- resolved
- that
- their
- last
- day
- should
- pass merrily.
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