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           SomuchtheDoctordiscoveredaboutthem—andnomore.

           Onthedayofthewedding,afterafeeblestrugglewithhimself,heactuallysacrificedhispatientsandtheirguineas,andslippedawaysecretlytoseethemarriage.Totheendofhislife,hewasangrywithanybodywhoremindedhimofwhathehaddoneonthatday!

           Theweddingwasstrictlyprivate.Aclosecarriagestoodatthechurchdoor;afewpeople,mostlyofthelowerclass,andmostlyoldwomen,werescatteredabouttheinteriorofthebuilding.HereandthereDoctorWybrowdetectedthefacesofsomeofhisbrethrenoftheclub,attractedbycuriosity,likehimself.Fourpersonsonlystoodbeforethealtar—thebrideandbridegroomandtheirtwowitnesses.Oneoftheselastwasanelderlywoman,whomighthavebeentheCountess’scompanionormaid;theotherwasundoubtedlyherbrother,BaronRivar.Thebridalparty(thebrideherselfincluded)woretheirordinarymorningcostume.LordMontbarry,personallyviewed,wasamiddle-agedmilitarymanoftheordinarytype:nothingintheleastremarkabledistinguishedhimeitherinfaceorfigure.BaronRivar,again,inhiswaywasanotherconventionalrepresentativeofanotherwell-knowntype.Oneseeshisfinely-pointedmoustache,hisboldeyes,hiscrisply-curlinghair,andhisdashingcarriageofthehead,repeatedhundredsoftimesoverontheBoulevardsofParis.Theonlynoteworthypointabouthimwasofthenegativesort—hewasnotintheleastlikehissister.