Chapter 3

           

           Acrowdofpeople,principallywomen,wasthrongingroundthechurchlightedupforthewedding.Thosewhohadnotsucceededingettingintothemainentrancewerecrowdingaboutthewindows,pushing,wrangling,andpeepingthroughthegratings.

           Morethantwentycarriageshadalreadybeendrawnupinranksalongthestreetbythepolice.Apoliceofficer,regardlessofthefrost,stoodattheentrance,gorgeousinhisuniform.Morecarriageswerecontinuallydrivingup,andladieswearingflowersandcarryingtheirtrains,andmentakingofftheirhelmetsorblackhatskeptwalkingintothechurch.Insidethechurchbothlusterswerealreadylighted,andallthecandlesbeforetheholypictures.Thegiltontheredgroundoftheholypicture-stand,andthegiltreliefonthepictures,andthesilverofthelustersandcandlesticks,andthestonesofthefloor,andtherugs,andthebannersaboveinthechoir,andthestepsofthealtar,andtheoldblackenedbooks,andthecassocksandsurplicesallwerefloodedwithlight.Ontherightsideofthewarmchurch,inthecrowdoffrockcoatsandwhiteties,uniformsandbroadcloth,velvet,satin,hairandflowers,bareshouldersandarmsandlonggloves,therewasdiscreetbutlivelyconversationthatechoedstrangelyinthehighcupola.Everytimetherewasheardthecreakoftheopeneddoortheconversationinthecrowddiedaway,andeverybodylookedroundexpectingtoseethebrideandbridegroomcomein.

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