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he exclaimed, "though the ceremony were performed 

 by a country parson, unaided by a phalanx of brother 

 priests, and among the bridesmaids were names no 

 more high-sounding than those of Miss Dorothy 

 Doogood, Miss Patience Primrose, and Miss Jane 

 Little, while the bridegroom's best-man was none 

 other than Mr. Hearty Goodman of the Manor 

 Farm ? What though among the list of wedding- 

 presents might be included such articles as a pair 

 of brass candlesticks given by Mrs. Lighten, a set 

 of fire-irons by Mr. Cole, and a walking-stick by 

 Mr. Turnbull ? What mattered it if of the dresses 

 no more need be said than that the bride appeared 

 in a plain but very neatly made dress of home- 

 spun material, while the bridegroom was attired in 

 his best Sunday suit ?." Such was the contrast he 

 drew, or, as he added, " Sic magnis componere parva 

 solebam" 



