am really obliged to you i had no idea of checking your too partial friendship not too partial sir the major i deny it your friendship i will say then mr on any account nor can i forget major on such an occasion as the present how much i am indebted to it says the major with appropriate action that is the hand of joseph of plain old b sir if you like that better that is the hand of which his royal the late duke of york did me the honor to observe sir to his royal the late duke of that it was the hand of a rough and tough and possibly an up old vagabond may the present moment be the least unhappy of our lives god bless you now enters mr gorgeous likewise and smiling like a wedding guest indeed he can scarcely let mr s hand go he is so and he the major s hand so heartily at the same time that his voice shakes too in accord with his arms as it comes sliding from between his teeth the very day is says mr the brightest and most genial weather i hope i am not a moment late punctual to your time sir says the major i am rejoiced i am sure says mr i was ix and son afraid i might be a f w after the appointed time for i was delayed by a of and i took the liberty of riding round to brook street � this to mr � to leave a few poor of flowers for mrs a man in my position and so distinguished as to be invited here is proud to offer some homage in acknowledgment of his and as i have no mrs is overwhelmed with what is costly and with a strange glance at his patron i hope the very poverty of my offering may find favor for it mrs that is to be returns mr will be very sensible of your attention i am sure and if she is to be mrs this morning sir says the major putting down his coffee cup and looking at his watch it s high time we were off forth in a ride mr major and mr to the church mr the has long risen from the steps and is in waiting with his cocked hat in his hand mrs and chairs in the mr prefers remaining in the church as he looks up at the organ miss in the gallery behind the fat leg of a on a monument with cheeks like a yoimg wind captain on the contrary stands up and waves his hook in token of welcome and encouragement mr the chicken behind his hand that the middle gentleman he in the coloured is the father of his love the chicken hoarsely whispers mr that he s as stiff a as ever he see but that it is within the resources of science to double him up with one blow in the waistcoat mr and mrs are mr from a little distance when the noise of approaching wheels is heard and mr goes out mrs meeting mr s eye as it is withdrawn from the upstairs who him with so much drops a and him that she believes his good lady is come then there is a crowding and a whispering at the door and the good lady enters with a haughty step there is no sign upon her face of last night s suffering there is no trace in her manner of the woman on the knees her wild head in beautiful and son upon the pillow of the girl that girl all gentle and lovely is at her side � a striking contrast to her own disdain and defiant figure standing there composed erect inscrutable of will and majestic in the of its charms yet beating down and treading on the admiration that it there is a pause while mr the into the for the clergyman and clerk at this juncture mrs speaks to mr more distinctly and emphatically her custom is and moving at the same time close to my dear says the good i fear i must darling after all and her to go home as she herself proposed after my loss of to day my dear i feel i shall not have spirits even for her society had she not better stay with you returns the bridegroom i think not my dear no i think not i shall be better alone besides my dearest will be her natural and constant guardian when you return and i had better not upon her trust perhaps she might be jealous eh dear the affectionate presses her daughter s arm as she says this perhaps her attention earnestly to be serious my dear she i will our dear child and not inflict my gloom upon her we have settled that just now she fully dear my dear � she fully understands again the good mother presses her daughter s arm mr offers no additional remonstrance for the clergyman and appear and mrs and mr the group the party in their proper places at the altar rails who this woman to be married to this man cousin does that he has come from on purpose confound it cousin says � creature cousin � when we do get a rich city fellow into the family let us show him some attention let us do something for him give this woman to be married to this man cousin therefore cousin meaning to go in a straight line but turning off sideways by reason of his wilful legs gives ike wrong woman to be married to this man at and son first � to wit a of some condition connected with the family and ten years mrs s � but mrs her bonnet turns him back and runs him as on at the good lady whom cousin 