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Chapter 9
Themaidsofhonour,MissLarchConiferandMissSpruceConifer,sistersofthebride,woreverybecomingcostumesinthesametone,adaintymotifofplumerosebeingworkedintothepleatsinapinstripeandrepeatedcapriciouslyinthejadegreentoquesintheformofheronfeathersofpaletintedcoral.SenhorEnriqueFlorpresidedattheorganwithhiswellknownabilityand,inadditiontotheprescribednumbersofthenuptialmass,playedanewandstrikingarrangementofWoodman,sparethattreeattheconclusionoftheservice.OnleavingthechurchofSaintFiacreinHortoafterthepapalblessingthehappypairweresubjectedtoaplayfulcrossfireofhazelnuts,beechmast,bayleaves,catkinsofwillow,ivytod,hollyberries,mistletoesprigsandquickenshoots.MrandMrsWyseConiferNeaulanwillspendaquiethoneymoonintheBlackForest.
—AndoureyesareonEurope,saysthecitizen.WehadourtradewithSpainandtheFrenchandwiththeFlemingsbeforethosemongrelswerepupped,SpanishaleinGalway,thewinebarkonthewinedarkwaterway.
—Andwillagain,saysJoe.
—AndwiththehelpoftheholymotherofGodwewillagain,saysthecitizen,clappinghisthigh.Ourharboursthatareemptywillbefullagain,Queenstown,Kinsale,Galway,BlacksodBay,VentryinthekingdomofKerry,Killybegs,thethirdlargestharbourinthewideworldwithafleetofmastsoftheGalwayLynchesandtheCavanO’ReillysandtheO’KennedysofDublinwhentheearlofDesmondcouldmakeatreatywiththeemperorCharlestheFifthhimself.
