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Truth to tell, a sudden exhilaration and excitement had wakened up John's latent forces, Maryllia's eyes, glancing half timidly, half wistfully at him, and her fair face, slightly troubled in its expression, had moved him to an exertion of his best powers to please her, and make everything bright and gay around her.
Maryllia's eyes were riveted on Walden as he stretched out his hands; she was conscious of a certain vague awe and reverence for this man with whom she had so casually walked and talked, only as it seemed the other day; he appeared, as it were, removed from her by an immeasurable distance, -his spirit and hers had gone wide apart, his was throned upon a height of noble ideals, hers was low, low down in a little valley of worldly nothings, and oh, how small and insignificant she felt!
A sudden blush swept over Maryllia's cheeks, and she gently withdrew her hand from his clasp. A silence fell between them, and when they broke the spell it was by a casual comment respecting the wealth of apple-blossoms that were making the trees around them white with their floral snow. "St.
Maryllia's eyes opened a little more widely, like blue flowers wakening to the sun. This country clergyman's pronunciation of French was perfect, more perfect than her own trained Parisian accent. Mrs. Tapple clasped her dumpy red hands in a silent ecstasy of admiration. 'Passon' knew everything! "Is it right?" Walden repeated. Maryllia gave a little start. "Oh I beg your pardon!
He felt, but what he felt is quite immaterial. And so far as his daughter was concerned, she, as Bainton expressed it, had 'gone a' visitin'. The Ittlethwaites, of Ittlethwaite Park, in all the glory of their Magnum Chartus forebears were present, as were the Mandeville-Porehams while to Julian Adderley was given the honour of being Walden's 'best man. He, as the music of the wedding voluntary poured from the organ, through the flower-scented air, wondered doubtfully whether poetic inspiration would ever assist him in such wise as to enable him to express in language the exquisite sweetness of Maryllia's face, as, standing beside the man whose tender and loyal love she was surer of than any other possession in this world she repeated in soft accents the vow: "to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey till death do us part!"
The Lord makes a many women, but now and again He turns out a few chice samples which won't bear copyin.. Miss Maryllia's one of them samples, and we must take 'er with prayer and thanksgivin' as sich!" Maryllia's first solitary dinner in the home of her ancestors passed off with tolerable success. She found something not altogether unpleasant in being alone after all.
She, still smarting under the jealous conviction that John Walden was secretly enamoured of the Lady of the Manor, had heard the strange story of his having so far forgotten his usual self as to wander out bareheaded in the evening air and recite the commencement of the burial service like a man distraught when Maryllia's crushed body had been brought home, and she thought of it often with an inward rage she could scarcely conceal.
Maryllia's bright eyes, glancing here and there, saw and noted a thousand beauties at every turn, the chains of social convention and ordinance had fallen from her soul, and a joyous pulse of freedom quickened her blood and sent it dancing through her veins in currents of new exhilaration and vitality.
Arriving at the rectory, she forgot that she had not seen Walden at all since Maryllia's accident, and scarcely waiting for the maid Hester to announce her, she hastened into his study with startling suddenness. Springing from his chair, he confronted her with wild imploring eyes, and a face from which ever vestige of colour had fled.
'Jimmy' Forsyth came to the rectory with the latest details respecting Maryllia's condition, though for weeks there was no change to report. She was suffering from violent concussion of the brain, and was otherwise seriously injured, but Forsyth would not as yet state how serious the injuries were.
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