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Why do you ask?" "Bekaise, merely for a raison I have; but if you have patience, you'll find that the longer you live, the more you'll know; only at this time you'll know no more from me, barrin' that this same young officer is to be his lordship's groom's-man. Dr. Sombre, the clergyman of the parish, is to marry them in the baronet's house. A Mrs.
He departed with a wedding of his own as a sort of pendant to that of Alexander; his groom's-man was the King; and the price of his marriage-piece was a marriage. As for me and in Heaven's name do not suppose me so beside myself as to intend any comparison between my works and his; I desire his favour too much for that but one experience I have in common with him.
The King is offering her a garland, and by him as supporter and groom's-man is Hephaestion, holding a lighted torch and leaning on a very lovely boy; this is Hymenaeus, I conjecture, for there are no letters to show.
"Don't you remember, Joe, how perseveringly we followed you in former days when I was the Bloater and he was Little Jim?" "Remember it! I should think I do," replied Joe. "How glad my Mary will be when she hears what you have done." "Last, but not least, Fred has asked me to be his groom's-man.
At one time, I had thought of paying Drewett the compliment of desiring him to be a groom's-man; but Lucy set the project at rest, by quaintly asking me how I should like to have been his attendant, with the same bride. As for Rupert, I never inquired how he satisfied the scruples of his father, though the old gentleman made many apologies to me for his absence.
You also know, doubtless, that the groom's-man rose to propose the health of the bride's-maids, but you cannot be supposed to know that Dowler rose at the same time, having been told by his pert young friend that he was expected to perform that duty in consequence of the groom's-man being "unaccustomed to public speaking!"
"May I not rather go as your groom's-man? Master, dear master, you must marry again!" "You would be glad of a mistress in the house?" asks Sachs dreamily. "It would make, in my opinion, a much more imposing household!"
Morty -all right!" exclaimed Norton; "upon my soul, Dunroe is too generous. You know he is going to be married to-day. Was that Roberts who went up stairs?" "It was the young officer, if that's his name," replied Morty. "All right! Morty; he's to be groom's-man that will do; this requires no answer. The generous fellow has made me a present on his wedding-day. That will do, Morty; you may go."
Bell, he repeated. 'Yes. He was my groom's-man. Margaret understood the association. 'I will write to-day, said she. He sank again into listlessness. All morning she toiled on, longing for rest, but in a continual whirl of melancholy business. Towards evening, Dixon said to her: 'I've done it, miss. I was really afraid for master, that he'd have a stroke with grief.
Master Rowland and Mistress Betty were married by Master Rowland's own brother in the Vicar's own church, with Fiddy and Prissy and the Sedleys for bridesmaids, and Dick Ashbridge for a groom's-man. Cousin Ward, brought all the way from town to represent the bride's relations, was crying as if she were about to lose an only daughter.
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