Why is this book called The Bachelor's Wedding? it's never about the bachelor, not really. Well, I suppose they can't all be called Marrying a Doctor (and there is one called that, by the way. I find it refreshingly direct).
Araminta continues to work for Jason's niece and nephew. This chapter covers their first week back to school. They're still rude to Araminta, but she's coping well.
The oddest thing in the chapter (or in quite a few Bettses) is Araminta's wish to become successful and rich. She wants people to think of her as clever, and muses that "'I'd have enough money to buy lovely clothes...' She thought for a bit. 'And a different face!'" (p. 61). Ok, whoa. Did a Betts heroine just wish for plastic surgery? She doesn't wish she looks different, she says she could buy a different face. Crazy!
Jason comes to see them at the weekend. He surprises Araminta in her bathrobe, with her hair down, getting morning tea. Later, he's a bit creepy: "'You have very nice legs, Miss Smith.' His eyes were on her face....He was staring at her like a hawk." (p. 62).
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