Well , at last in April the wedding day came , and all the guests were here , and Rachel was dressed in her wedding robes , waiting for her bridegroom . And '' -- the Story Girl laid down her knife and potato and clasped her wet hands -- `` WILL MONTAGUE NEVER CAME ! '' We felt as much of a shock as if we had been one of the expectant guests ourselves . `` What happened to him ? Was HE killed too ? '' asked Felix . The Story Girl sighed and resumed her work . `` No , indeed . I wish he had been . THAT would have been suitable and romantic . No , it was just something horrid . He had to run away for debt ! Fancy ! He acted mean right through , Aunt Janet says . He never sent even a word to Rachel , and she never heard from him again . '' `` Pig ! '' said Felix forcibly . `` She was broken-hearted of course . When she found out what had happened , she took all her wedding things , and her supply of linen , and some presents that had been given her , and packed them all away in this old blue chest . Then she went away back to Montreal , and took the key with her .
She never came back to the Island again -- I suppose she could n't bear XXXXX .
Montreal at for from in of right through to with