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Updated: June 18, 2025
As William was but fifteen years of age and Mary, the princess royal, only nine, the bridegroom returned to Holland alone, leaving the child-bride for a time at Whitehall with her parents. The wedding took place at an ominous time. Ten days after it was celebrated Strafford was executed; and the dark shadow of the Great Rebellion was already hanging over the ill-fated Charles.
Looking at the eager, expectant face turned toward him, it appeared ungenerous and unkind not to give her one affectionate word. Yet he did not know how to say it; he had never spoken a loving word to any one except Daisy, his fair little child-bride.
Had she done wrong in letting Rex and the whole world believe her dead? Was it ever well to do a wrong that good should come from it? And the clear, innocent, simple conscience was quick to answer, "No!" Poor Daisy looked at the position in every possible way, and the more she reflected the more frightened she became. Poor, little, artless child-bride, she was completely bewildered.
He might honor and cherish her, but love her he could not, no matter for all the promises he might make. The power of loving was directed from Heaven above it was not for mortals to accept or reject at will. His heart seemed to cling with a strange restlessness to Daisy, the fair little child-bride, whom he had loved so passionately his first and only love, sweet little Daisy!
Ere any come to disturb us? Nay, but who should come between husband and wife in the first hour of their reunion after many years of separation? Is it not known does not all Khandawar know how I have waited for thee, almost thy widow ere thy wife, all this weary time?... Or is it that thy heart hath forgotten thy child-bride? Am I scorned, O my Lord I, Naraini?
"The conditions were I should marry the bride whom my mother selected for me. I was as much startled as you will be, Daisy, when you hear who it was Pluma Hurlhurst, of Whitestone Hall." "But you can not marry her now, Rex," whispered the little child-bride, nestling closer in his embrace. "No; nor I would not if I could. I love you the best, my pretty wild flower.
Now he understood why he had felt such a terrible aversion to Pluma all along. She had separated him from his beautiful, golden-haired child-bride. His eyes rested on the certificate which bore Pluma's name, also his own. He tore it into a thousand shreds. "It is all over between us now," he cried.
A burning flush rose to her face as she thought how cruelly he had suspected her, this poor little child-bride who had never known one wrong or sinful thought in her pure, innocent young life. If he had only given her the chance of explaining how she had happened to be there with Stanwick; if they had taken her back she must have confessed about the letter and who Rex was and what he was to her.
There was no one but the pitying moonlight out there to see how passionately the poor little child-bride kissed the pale roses on which that shadow had fallen, and how she broke it from the stem and placed it close to her beating heart that lonely, starved little heart, chilled under the withering frost of neglect, when life, love and happiness should have been just bursting into bloom for her.
"That is quite unnecessary, Rex, my boy," said Mr. Tudor, stepping forward with tears in his eyes; "Mr. Hurlhurst knows all." It never occurred to handsome, impulsive Rex to question what Daisy was doing there. He only knew Heaven had restored him his beautiful, idolized child-bride. "You will forgive my harshness, won't you, love?" he pleaded. "I will devote my whole life to blot out the past.
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