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Chapter 15. No just Cause or Impediment why these Two Persons

           Thecelebrationwentoffwithadmirablepomp;monksinblackrobes,whiterobes,andrussetrobesstoppedtolookafterthecarriages;wanderingpeasantsinfleecesofsheep,beggedandpipedunderthehouse-windows;theEnglishvolunteersdefiled;thedayworeontothehourofvespers;thefestivalworeaway;thethousandchurchesrangtheirbellswithoutanyreferencetoit;andStPeterdeniedthathehadanythingtodowithit.

           ButbythattimetheBridewasneartheendofthefirstday’sjourneytowardsFlorence.ItwasthepeculiarityofthenuptialsthattheywereallBride.NobodynoticedtheBridegroom.NobodynoticedthefirstBridesmaid.FewcouldhaveseenLittleDorrit(whoheldthatpost)fortheglare,evensupposingmanytohavesoughther.So,theBridehadmountedintoherhandsomechariot,incidentallyaccompaniedbytheBridegroom;andafterrollingforafewminutessmoothlyoverafairpavement,hadbeguntojoltthroughaSloughofDespond,andthroughalong,longavenueofwrackandruin.Othernuptialcarriagesaresaidtohavegonethesameroad,beforeandsince.

           IfLittleDorritfoundherselfleftalittlelonelyandalittlelowthatnight,nothingwouldhavedonesomuchagainstherfeelingofdepressionasthebeingabletositatworkbyherfather,asintheoldtime,andhelphimtohissupperandhisrest.Butthatwasnottobethoughtofnow,whentheysatinthestate-equipagewithMrsGeneralonthecoach-box.

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