A Maiden and Her Romance Guidebook

The narrator tells us that the eldest daughter of the Coulter family is going to be at the wedding, and that she's going to have an "escort" , which is a fancy way of saying "friend" . The narrator doesn't know what that means, but she does know that it's not a good idea for a girl to be alone with a man. She's also worried about the cat, who's been injured in the fight.