Thorne were among the visitors, and
to no one was the duke more personally courteous than to his opulent
neighbour, the late Miss Dunstable.
CHAPTER XLVIII
How They Were All Married, Had Two Children, and Lived Happy Ever
After
Dear, affectionate, sympathetic readers, we have four couple of
sighing lovers with whom to deal in this our last chapter, and I, as
leader of the chorus, disdain to press you further with doubts as to
the happiness of any of that quadrille. They were all made happy,
in spite of that little episode which so lately took place at
Barchester; and in telling of their happiness--shortly, as is now
necessary--we will take them chronologically, giving precedence to
those who first appeared at the hymeneal altar. In July, then, at
the cathedral, by the father of the bride, assisted by his examining
chaplain, Olivia Proudie, the eldest daughter of the Bishop of
Barchester, was joined in marriage to the Rev. Tobias Tickler,
incumbent of the Trinity district church in Bethnal Green. Of the
bridegroom in this instance, our acquaintance has been so short, that
it is not, perhaps, necessary to say much. When coming to the wedding
he proposed to bring his three darling children with him; but in this
measure he was, I think prudently, stopped by advice, rather strongly
worded, from his future valued mother-in-law.
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