CHAPTER XV.

RICHARD AND I MEET AGAIN.

We try to effect a reconciliation between Speke and Richard--My appeal to my mother--My letter to my mother--Not a success--News of Richard and subsequent return--A family council decides the matter--Our wedding--We are received at home again--A delightful London season--Fire at Grindlay's--Delightful days at country houses--Richard goes to West Africa.