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Chapter 25

           Theimpressivecommand:"Irequireandchargeyeboth,asyewillansweratthedreadfuldayofjudgment,"—didnotobtainhalfsomuchawedattentionastheexquisiteknotsofpearlsanddiamondswhichfastenedthebride’ssilver-embroideredtraintohershoulders.‘Alltheworldandhiswife’werepresent—thatis,thesocialworld,whichimaginesnootherworldexists,thoughitistheleastpartofthecommunity.ThePrinceofWaleshonouredusbyhispresence:twogreatdignitariesofthechurchperformedthemarriage-rite,resplendentinredundantfulnessofwhitesleeveandsurplice,andequallyimposinginthefatnessoftheirbodiesandunctuousrednessoftheirfaces;andLuciowasmy‘bestman.’Hewasinhigh,almostwildspirits—and,duringourdrivetothechurchtogether,hadentertainedmeallthewaywithnumerousdrollstories,mostlyattheexpenseoftheclergy.Whenwereachedthesacrededifice,hesaidlaughinglyashealighted—

           "Didyoueverhearitreported,Geoffrey,thatthedevilisunabletoenterachurch,becauseofthecrossuponit,orwithinit?"

           "Ihaveheardsomesuchnonsense,"—Ireplied,smilingatthehumourexpressedinhissparklingeyesandeloquentfeatures.

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