I hardly think anyone will ever hear you suggest that Gussie must
_earn_ her wedding before her marriage can take place, and I think I have
been as good a daughter to you as Gussie has--I have tried to be, anyway,
mamma."
"Gussie will never have the low tastes and plebeian ways that have made you
such an eyesore to me. She is too much of a lady to delight in the domestic
economy that you always aspired to, and when her time comes I shall see
that she has a wedding that shall fill your heart with envy!" said the now
thoroughly angry woman.
"I think that will not be possible, mamma," said the low, quiet tones, so
unlike the Dexie of old. "It is not to the wedding I am looking forward
with so much happiness, but to the loving husband I shall gain thereby, and
the future happy life I shall spend with him. I am thankful to say that I
do not need a grand wedding to make me perfectly happy," and Dexie left the
room, her face white and sad as the result of the interview.
Gussie soon learned the true state of affairs, and Dexie had reason to be
thankful that Guy had not spoken at an earlier day.
To most mothers, the few months or weeks previous to a daughter's marriage,
the heart is full of loving consideration for her; the new position which
her daughter is soon to fill arouses all her tenderness, and she is full of
love that is not unmixed with pity.
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