Every day the commodore, accompanied by Dr. Grimshaw, rode over to
Luckenough to superintend the labors of the workmen in pulling down and
clearing away the ruins of the old mansion and preparing the site for a
new building.
Six weeks passed and brought the first of August, before Jacquelina was
able to sit up, and then the physicians recommended change of air and
the waters of Bentley Springs for the re-establishment of her health.
During her illness, Jacquelina had become passionately attached to
Marian, as all persons did who came under the daily influence of the
beautiful girl. Dr. Grimshaw was to accompany the family to Bentley.
Jacquelina insisted that Marian should be asked to make one of the
party. Accordingly, the commodore and Mrs. Waugh, nothing loth, invited
and pressed the kind maiden to go with them. But Marian declined the
journey, and Commodore Waugh, with his wife, his niece and his Grim set
out in the family carriage for Bentley Springs. Jacquelina rapidly
regained health and rushed again to her mad breaks. After a stormy scene
with the commodore, the latter vowed she should either marry Dr.
Grimshaw or be sent to a nunnery. To the convent of St. Serena she went,
but within a week she was home in disgrace.
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