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witness the ceremony, I invited the friend 

 and companion I have before spoken of, 

 and his wife to accompany me ; and 

 my elder sister being already on a visit 

 to the family of my intended, everything 

 passed off without any remarkable inci- 

 dent, except that it was quite an event 

 in the old town. Young maidens strew^ 

 ing flowers, old matrons smiling and curt- 

 seying in our path, and there were other 

 symbols of gratulation and respect, which 

 denoted that one, at least, was an especial 

 favourite in the sphere in which she 

 moved, and lived among those whose 

 esteem she had gained, and who now 

 mixed tears with their smiles at her 

 departure. 



A few days after my arrival at home 

 from the wedding trip I had to appear first 

 before the grand jury then in court at the 

 quarter sessions before the Recorder of 

 Portsmouth, afterwards Mr. Justice Bur- 

 roughs, in a case of false imprisonment, 



