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Chapter 9
Larches,firs,allthetreesoftheconiferfamilyaregoingfast.IwasreadingareportoflordCastletown’s...
—Savethem,saysthecitizen,thegiantashofGalwayandthechieftainelmofKildarewithafortyfootboleandanacreoffoliage.SavethetreesofIrelandforthefuturemenofIrelandonthefairhillsofEire,O.
—Europehasitseyesonyou,saysLenehan.
ThefashionableinternationalworldattendedenmassethisafternoonattheweddingofthechevalierJeanWysedeNeaulan,grandhighchiefrangeroftheIrishNationalForesters,withMissFirConiferofPineValley.LadySylvesterElmshade,MrsBarbaraLovebirch,MrsPollAsh,MrsHollyHazeleyes,MissDaphneBays,MissDorothyCanebrake,MrsClydeTwelvetrees,MrsRowanGreene,MrsHelenVinegadding,MissVirginiaCreeper,MissGladysBeech,MissOliveGarth,MissBlancheMaple,MrsMaudMahogany,MissMyraMyrtle,MissPriscillaElderflower,MissBeeHoneysuckle,MissGracePoplar,MissOMimosaSan,MissRachelCedarfrond,theMissesLilianandViolaLilac,MissTimidityAspenall,MrsKittyDewey-Mosse,MissMayHawthorne,MrsGlorianaPalme,MrsLianaForrest,MrsArabellaBlackwoodandMrsNormaHolyoakeofOakholmeRegisgracedtheceremonybytheirpresence.Thebridewhowasgivenawaybyherfather,theM’ConiferoftheGlands,lookedexquisitelycharminginacreationcarriedoutingreenmercerisedsilk,mouldedonanunderslipofgloaminggrey,sashedwithayokeofbroademeraldandfinishedwithatripleflounceofdarkerhuedfringe,theschemebeingrelievedbybretellesandhipinsertionsofacornbronze.
