"Does it seem real to you, Guy?"
"Well, hardly, dearest; but I am going to prove the reality of it, and use
the authority just granted to me, by insisting that you put aside the
thoughts that have made your face so sad. Let us think of the new, happy
life before us, and forget the trials we have passed through. We are going
to be very happy together, my little wife."
"Yes, I am sure of that. I believe our quiet and unconventional wedding
will bring us quite as much happiness as if we had been married with all
the fuss that generally attends affairs of this kind."
(They were driving back to Mrs. Graham's, where a few friends had been
invited to meet them before they left for a short trip.)
"Yes, indeed," was the reply; "and I think we will enjoy it in a greater
degree than if we were surrounded by a crowd of distracting friends, though
I believe it is usually considered the one time in a person's life when
friends are most appreciated. Why it should be so I cannot see, if all love
is like ours. I have obtained my heart's desire at last. This happy day has
been long delayed, but is none the less dear for the waiting, and you can
never say again that you feel 'alone' in the world.
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