"After all, then," said Miss Dunstable, speaking of Lady
Dumbello--she was Mrs. Thorne at this time--"after all, there is some
truth in what our quaint latter-day philosopher tells us--'Great are
thy powers, O Silence!'" The marriage of our old friends, Dr. Thorne
and Miss Dunstable, was the third on the list, but that did not
take place till the latter end of September. The lawyers on such
an occasion had no inconsiderable work to accomplish, and though
the lady was not coy, nor the gentleman slow, it was not found
practicable to arrange an earlier wedding. The ceremony was performed
at St. George's, Hanover Square, and was not brilliant in any special
degree. London at the time was empty, and the few persons whose
presence was actually necessary were imported from the country for
the occasion. The bride was given away by Dr. Easyman, and the
two bridesmaids ware ladies who had lived with Miss Dunstable as
companions. Young Mr. Gresham and his wife were there, as was also
Mrs. Harold Smith, who was not at all prepared to drop her old friend
in her new sphere of life. "We shall call her Mrs. Thorne instead of
Miss Dunstable, and I really think that will be all the difference,"
said Mrs. Harold Smith. To Mrs. Harold Smith that probably was all
the difference, but it was not so to the persons most concerned.
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