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costume^, I will endeavour fco do so by saying that it 

 was composed of a white velvet train^ made " en Prin- 

 cesse/^ white satin body and petticoat trimmed with 

 Honiton lace, garlands of orange flowers, wreath, and 

 tulle veil, with pearl and diamond ornaments, and a 

 superb bouquet. 



Accompanying the bride was the " House party,^^ 

 consisting of Mrs. Markham, wearing a myrtle green 

 velvet dress, with bonnet and mantle to match, 

 trimmed with wild ducks^ wings, holding a superb 

 bouquet of gardenias and Neapolitan violets, whilst 

 carrying the youngest of the family — an infant in 

 arms. Next followed the Earl and Countess Annesley, 

 sister of the bride, elegantly dressed in bronze green 

 velvet, with cape and bonnet to correspond, trimmed 

 with pale eau de niel satin. Then followed the eleven 

 bridesmaids — the Misses Hermione, Ethel, Averil, 

 May, and Sibyl Markham, the very youthful sisters 

 of the bride, the youngest probably having arrived 

 at the advanced age of three years ; Miss Samuda, 

 sister of the bridegroom ; Miss Mary North and Miss 

 Rachael North, cousins of the bride ; Miss Callander, 

 and the Misses Alice and Evelyn Webster — all arrayed 

 in white silk petticoats, with polonaises of cashmere, 

 trimmed with swans-down, ornamented with sprigs of 

 holly, mixed with mistletoe and robins, wearing as 

 ornaments crystal hearts, with hounds^ heads and 

 foxes^ brushes engraved, the initial letters C. S. being 

 formed of a stirrup and strap ; accompanied by Mr. 

 Robert Pryor, the best man, Mr. Markham, Messrs. 

 Rupert, Ronald, and Nigel Markham, Mr. Wade 

 Brown, Mr. Percy Armytage, and last, not least. Miss 

 Markham (of Shiplake), in a bronze velvet dress with 



