Chapter 21

           ThepreparationsformymarriagenowwentonapaceshoalsofpresentsbegantoarriveforSibylaswellasformyself,andIwasintroducedtoanhithertoundemonstratedphase(asfarasIpersonallywasconcerned)ofthevulgarityandhypocrisyoffashionablesociety.Everyoneknewtheextentofmywealth,andhowlittlerealnecessitytherewasforofferingmeormybride-electcostlygifts;nevertheless,allourso-called‘friends’andacquaintances,strovetooutvieeachotherinthegrosscash-value,ifnotinthegoodtaste,oftheirvariousdonations.Hadwebeenayoungcouplebravelybeginningtheworldontruelove,inmoreorlessuncertaintyastoourprospectsandfutureincome,weshouldhavereceivednothingeitherusefulorvaluableeveryonewouldhavetriedtodothepresent-givinginascheapandmeanawayaspossible.Insteadofhandsomeservicesofsolidsilver,weshouldhavehadameagrecollectionofplatedteaspoons;insteadofcostlyeditionsofbookssumptuouslyenrichedwithfinesteelengravings,wemightpossiblyhavehadtoexpressourgratitudeforaten-shillingFamilyBible.OfcourseIfullyrealizedtheactualnatureandobjectofthelavishextravagancedisplayedonthisoccasionbyoursocial‘set,’theirgiftsweremerelysomanybribes,sentwithapurposewhichwaseasyenoughtofathom.

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