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To Polly's disappointment neither her brother John nor his wife was present; a letter came at the eleventh hour to say that Mrs. Emma was unwell, and her husband did not care to leave her. Enclosed, however, were ten pounds for the purchase of a wedding-gift; and the pleasure Polly felt at being able to announce John's generosity helped to make up to her for his absence.
Out of the scabbard, to me!" With a mighty tug he draws it forth and holds it before the marvelling eyes of Sieglinde: "Siegmund the Wälsung stands before you, woman! As a wedding-gift he brings you this sword. Thus he wooes the fairest of women; from the enemy's house thus he leads you forth. Far from here follow him now, out in the laughing house of the Spring.
"You don't care for him!" Elspeth blurted out. "Not in the way he cares for me," Grizel replied quietly, and when Elspeth would have said more she begged her to desist. "The only thing for me to do now, Elspeth," she said, smiling, "is to run away, but I want you first to accept a little wedding-gift from me. I wish you and David so much happiness; you won't refuse it, will you?"
As a wedding-gift, the Old Spirit asked his son-in-law to make one request, which should be promptly granted. "Let there be no sand-squalls among my father's people for three months to come," said Wassamo. "So shall it be," answered the old Sand-Spirit. The tobacco was now divided in equal shares among the company.
Then tomorrow morning at ten you will fetch your wedding-gift. But come so soon now to M'sieu' Tarlton's office, and we will have it all as you say, with the red seal and the turn of your fist yes. Well, well, we travel far in the world, and sometimes we see strange things, and no two strange things are alike no; there is only one Macavoy in the world, there was only one Shon McGann.
Do you consent to that?" "Your excellency, that would be precisely such a husband as I would like to have, and as my imagination has dreamed of a husband sans consequence not a man, but a manikin!" "I shall, however, see to it that this manikin, besides his name, will lay at your feet another splendid wedding-gift, and a corbeille de noce, which will he worthy of you.
Poor Madelon looked at her brother's wedding-gift, the little red-satin shoes, in which she could never walk or dance with a merry heart, and her courage almost failed her. But it was only for a little while. She rose up and finished setting the bread to rise, and then she went to her chamber and packed away the shoes with the other things in the cedar chest.
It saves so much worry, and tends to health." Suddenly he turned to the desk and opened a tin box. "Here is further practice for your admirable gift." He opened a paper. "I want you to sign off for this building leaving it to my absolute disposal." He spread the paper out before her. She turned pale and her lips tightened. She looked at him squarely in the eyes. "My wedding-gift!" she said.
"You remember the gewgaws which I showed you, Madelon the feathers and ribbons and satins, and the other things? You cared not for them then. Will you have them now, for your wedding-gift?" "No, Lot," said Madelon, quickly. "I thank you, but I cannot take them; I have enough." "Why not?" "I have enough." "There is no need for you to tell me why," said Lot.
"You had spoken of a wedding, this was a wedding-gift, and that's right, sign there!" There was a brief pause, in which she appeared to hesitate, and then she wrote her name in a large firm hand, and, throwing down the pen, caught up her gloves, and began to pull them on viciously. "Thanks. It is very kind of you," he said.
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