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Updated: May 4, 2025
He had not been able to apply himself to business all day, but wandered in and out of the store, looking wan and anxious, and almost ill. This led his father to imagine that he was unhappy over his contemplated marriage a conclusion which did not serve to make the groom-elect feel very comfortable.
Inside of this circle the girl prostrated herself before the groom-elect and the marriage was complete when the royal giant stepped into the wedding ring and lifted her to her feet, leading her to a place among her predecessors, who sat on the ground near by. Then the celebration ran to its highest pitch.
"She may have gone out for a walk to get the air," the wretched groom-elect remarked, but he was white to his lips as he said it. "Gone out for a walk on her wedding-morning, when there was scarcely time to prepare for the ceremony! I wish I could even believe it possible that she would do such an unheard-of thing," said Mrs.
"You'll have to get used to table linen, dear," she returned teasingly; "it's my ambition to have one just like this for state occasions." Joe appeared with the chariot just in time to receive and transport the gift. "Here's your wedding present, Joe!" called Winfield, and the innocent villagers formed a circle about them as the groom-elect endeavoured to express his appreciation.
It was considered a most fortunate circumstance both by the bride and groom-elect, that there should have appeared in the city, the week before, a priest of the Greek Catholic faith, for though in case of need they could have secured the offices of a Roman priest from St. Boniface, across the river, the ceremonial would thereby have been shorn of much of its picturesqueness and efficacy.
This was a much-needed diversion. "Is it true, Kitty?" "Yes, ma'am," Kitty answered, with a stage courtesy. "I have promised to marry him, for there seemed no other way of getting rid of him." Hillard forced a smile. "It's a shame to change such a pretty name as yours, Miss Killigrew." "I realize that," replied Kitty with affected sadness. "Go to!" laughed the happy groom-elect.
The following day a host of accumulated duties and various preparations for the first ceremonious visit of the groom-elect kept Yuki San's hands and mind busy, and if sometimes a sob rose in her throat, or her eyes strayed wistfully from her task, she resolutely refused to let herself dwell upon the past.
"You know I'm only doing this because I want to set up in business for myself and need the money," explained the groom-elect in an effort to justify himself. "Oh, another little point. I'd almost forgotten it. I suppose it will be perfectly convenient for us to live with you for a year or two, until I " "No!" thundered the General. "Not by a long shot!
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