4 p.m.
Charles looked so pale this morning that my father asked him if he was ill . He said , ` No : only a slight headache ; ' and we started for the church . There was no hitch or hindrance ; and the thing is done . 4 p.m. -- They ought to have set out on their journey by this time ; but there is an unaccountable delay . Charles went out half-an-hour ago , and has not yet returned . Caroline is waiting in the hall ; but I am dreadfully afraid they will miss the train . I suppose the trifling hindrance is of no account ; and yet I am full of misgivings ... Sept. 14 .