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Chapter 34. A Shoal of Barnacles

           Inthearrangementofthehouseforthegreatoccasion,manylittleremindersoftheoldtravelsofthefatherandmotheranddaughterhadtobedisturbedandpassedfromhandtohand;andsometimes,inthemidstofthesemutewitnesses,tothelifetheyhadhadtogether,evenPetherselfwouldyieldtolamentingandweeping.MrsMeagles,theblithestandbusiestofmothers,wentaboutsingingandcheeringeverybody;butshe,honestsoul,hadherflightsintostorerooms,whereshewouldcryuntilhereyeswerered,andwouldthencomeout,attributingthatappearancetopickledonionsandpepper,andsingingclearerthanever.MrsTickit,findingnobalsamforawoundedmindinBuchan’sDomesticMedicine,sufferedgreatlyfromlowspirits,andfrommovingrecollectionsofMinnie’sinfancy.Whenthelatterwaspowerfulwithher,sheusuallysentupsecretmessagesimportingthatshewasnotinparlourconditionastoherattire,andthatshesolicitedasightof‘herchild’inthekitchen;there,shewouldblessherchild’sface,andblessherchild’sheart,andhugherchild,inamedleyoftearsandcongratulations,chopping-boards,rolling-pins,andpie-crust,withthetendernessofanoldattachedservant,whichisaveryprettytendernessindeed.

           Butalldayscomethataretobe;andthemarriage-daywastobe,anditcame;andwithitcamealltheBarnacleswhowerebiddentothefeast.

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