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Chapter 25

           DidInottellyouIwouldsetyouupassuccessfullyasthebearwhohasreachedthebunonthetopoftheslipperypole,aspectaclefortheenvyofmenandthewonderofangels?Well,thereyouare!triumphant!agreatcreatureGeoffrey!infact,youarethegreatestproductoftheage,amanwithfivemillionsandowneroftheDerby-winner!Whatisthegloryofintellectcomparedtosuchapositionasyours!Menenvyyouandasforangelsifthereareanyyoumaybesuretheydowonder!Aman’sfameguaranteedbyahorse,issomethingindeedtomakeanangelstare!"

           Helaugheduproariously,andfromthatdayheneverspokeagainofhissingularpropositionthatIshould‘partwithhim,’andletthe"nobler"natureinmehaveitsway.Iwasnottoknowthenthathehadstakedachanceuponmysoulandlostitandthatfromhenceforwardhetookadeterminedcoursewithme,implacablyontotheappallingend.

           MymarriagetookplaceontheappointeddayinJunewithallthepompandextravagantshowbefittingmyposition,andthatofthewomanIhadchosentowed.Itisneedlesstodescribethegorgeousnessoftheceremonyindetailanyfashionable‘ladiespaper’describingtheweddingofanEarl’sdaughtertoafive-foldmillionaire,willgiveanidea,inhystericalrhapsody,ofthegeneraleffect.Itwasanamazingsceneandoneinwhichcostlymillinerycompletelyvanquishedallconsiderationsofsolemnityorsacrednessinthesupposed‘divine’ordinance.

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