Chapter 4

           Theguestsarrivedearlyincarriages,inone-horsechaises,two-wheeledcars,oldopengigs,waggonetteswithleatherhoods,andtheyoungpeoplefromthenearervillagesincarts,inwhichtheystoodupinrows,holdingontothesidessoasnottofall,goingatatrotandwellshakenup.Somecamefromadistanceofthirtymiles,fromGoderville,fromNormanville,andfromCany.

           Alltherelativesofbothfamilieshadbeeninvited,quarrelsbetweenfriendsarranged,acquaintanceslongsincelostsightofwrittento.

           Fromtimetotimeoneheardthecrackofawhipbehindthehedge;thenthegatesopened,achaiseentered.Gallopinguptothefootofthesteps,itstoppedshortandemptieditsload.Theygotdownfromallsides,rubbingkneesandstretchingarms.Theladies,wearingbonnets,hadondressesinthetownfashion,goldwatchchains,pelerineswiththeendstuckedintobelts,orlittlecolouredfichusfasteneddownbehindwithapin,andthatleftthebackoftheneckbare.Thelads,dressedliketheirpapas,seemeduncomfortableintheirnewclothes(manythatdayhand-sewedtheirfirstpairofboots),andbytheirsides,speakingneverawork,wearingthewhitedressoftheirfirstcommunionlengthenedfortheoccasionweresomebiggirlsoffourteenorsixteen,cousinsoreldersistersnodoubt,rubicund,bewildered,theirhairgreasywithrosepomade,andverymuchafraidofdirtyingtheirgloves.Astherewerenotenoughstable-boystounharnessallthecarriages,thegentlementurneduptheirsleevesandsetaboutitthemselves.

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