Jane's character for penetration was
entirely destroyed, and the next morning she received, as a present
from Claude, an old book, which had long belonged to the nursery,
entitled, A Puzzle for a Curious Girl.
CHAPTER XXVII: CONCLUSION
'There let Hymen oft appear
In saffron robe, with taper clear,
And pomp, and feast, and revelry,
And mask, and antique pageantry;
Such sights as useful poets dream
On summer eves, by haunted stream.'
On the morning of a fine day, late in September, the Beechcroft bells
were ringing merrily, and a wedding procession was entering the gate
of the churchyard.
In the afternoon there was a great feast on the top of the hill,
attended by all the Mohuns, who were forced, to Lily's great
satisfaction, to give it there, as there was no space in the grounds
at the New Court. All was wonderfully suitable to old times,
inasmuch as the Baron was actually persuaded to sit for five minutes
under the yew-tree where 'Mohun's chair' ought to have been, and the
cricketers were of all ranks, from the Marquis of Rotherwood to
little Dick Grey.
The wedding had been hurried on, and the wedding tour was shortened,
in order that Mrs.
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