. The one I knew the best of all : a memory of the mind of a child . the festal glories. So the Small Person was taken into the sparebedroom. It was no trivial incident. The twopink silk frocks lay upon the bed, the waitingwings of two brilliant butterflies, at the momentsetting copies in a chrysalis state. They hadnumberless tiny flounces pinked out in lovelylittle scallops round the edge, they had shortpuffs for sleeves, and they had low bodices withberthas of tulle and tiny rosebuds around them. The Small Person positively blushed with ad-miration and rapture. How could Sister, beingattired
. The one I knew the best of all : a memory of the mind of a child . the festal glories. So the Small Person was taken into the sparebedroom. It was no trivial incident. The twopink silk frocks lay upon the bed, the waitingwings of two brilliant butterflies, at the momentsetting copies in a chrysalis state. They hadnumberless tiny flounces pinked out in lovelylittle scallops round the edge, they had shortpuffs for sleeves, and they had low bodices withberthas of tulle and tiny rosebuds around them. The Small Person positively blushed with ad-miration and rapture. How could Sister, beingattired in a thing like this, lift her dark eyes tothe grown-up gentleman waltzing with her andsay to him with proper firmness: The Wedding 147 Fifteen from fifty-seven and how many re-main ? The Small Person felt it would be impossible,though she knew nothing whatever of the circum-stances under which it wasnot impossible for a verybold grown-up gentlemanto say: My charming Sis-ter, my educationhas been neglect-ed, but if youwill give methe fifty-sev-en and per-m it me. 148 77ie One I Knew the Best of All to take the fifteen away, I will endeavor to calcu-late. It might easily have been Sister and Janey whowere the principal features of the two marriageswhich were the first nuptial ceremonies appear-ing upon the stage of the Small Persons it was two of the cousins who were thebrides—two of the young ladies from GranthamHall. Rumors of the approaching ceremonies beingwhispered in the school-room, the most thrillinginterest was awakened. The prospect was moreexciting than the breaking-up itself. There wassomething at once festive and imposing aboutit. Opinions as to the nature of the ceremonywere numerous and varied. No one had everattended a wedding, and yet somehow nearlyeveryone could supply some detailed informa-tion. Whispered conversation on the subject couldnot be wholly repressed, even by some mysterious reliable source it was as-certained that th
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