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Chapter 25

           DidInottellyouIwouldsetyouupassuccessfullyasthebearwhohasreachedthebunonthetopoftheslipperypole,aspectaclefortheenvyofmenandthewonderofangels?Well,thereyouare!—triumphant!—agreatcreatureGeoffrey!—infact,youarethegreatestproductoftheage,amanwithfivemillionsandowneroftheDerby-winner!Whatisthegloryofintellectcomparedtosuchapositionasyours!Menenvyyou—andasforangels—ifthereareany—youmaybesuretheydowonder!Aman’sfameguaranteedbyahorse,issomethingindeedtomakeanangelstare!"

           Helaugheduproariously,andfromthatdayheneverspokeagainofhissingularpropositionthatIshould‘partwithhim,’andletthe"nobler"natureinmehaveitsway.Iwasnottoknowthenthathehadstakedachanceuponmysoulandlostit—andthatfromhenceforwardhetookadeterminedcoursewithme,implacablyontotheappallingend.

           MymarriagetookplaceontheappointeddayinJunewithallthepompandextravagantshowbefittingmyposition,andthatofthewomanIhadchosentowed.Itisneedlesstodescribethegorgeousnessoftheceremonyindetail—anyfashionable‘ladiespaper’describingtheweddingofanEarl’sdaughtertoafive-foldmillionaire,willgiveanidea,inhystericalrhapsody,ofthegeneraleffect.Itwasanamazingscene—andoneinwhichcostlymillinerycompletelyvanquishedallconsiderationsofsolemnityorsacrednessinthesupposed‘divine’ordinance.

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