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Chapter 37

           Ididunderstand,ofcourseandappreciatedhisrespect,asIthought,formeandmyfeelingsyetstrangeandincongruousasitmayseem,IneverlongedsomuchforhiscompanyasIdidthen!HoweverwehadagloriousburialofmyfairandfalseladyprancinghorsesdrewcoronetedcarriagesinalongdefiledowntheprettyWarwickshirelanestothegreyoldchurch,picturesqueandpeaceful,wheretheclergymanandhisassistantsinnewly-washedsurplices,mettheflower-ladencoffin,andwiththeusualconventionalmumblings,consignedittothedust.Therewereevenpress-reporterspresent,whonotonlydescribedthesceneasitdidnothappen,butwhoalsosentfancysketches,totheirrespectivejournals,ofthechurchasitdidnotexist.Imentionthissimplytoshowhowthoroughlyall"properforms"werecarriedoutandconcededto.Aftertheceremonyallwe"mourners"wentbacktoWillowsmeretoluncheon,andIwellrememberthatLordEltontoldmeanewandrisquéjokeoveraglassofportbeforethemealwasfinished.Theundertakershadasortoffestivebanquetintheservants’hallandtakingeverythingintodueconsideration,mywife’sdeathgaveagreatdealofpleasuretomanypeople,andputusefulmoneyintoseveralreadypockets.Shehadleftnoblankinsocietythatcouldnotbeeasilyfilledupshewasmerelyonebutterflyoutofthousands,moredaintilycolouredperhapsandmorerestlessinflightbutneverjudgedasmorethanuptothebutterflystandard.

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