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āFor,ā said she, āwhen Miss Maryllia first come āome she āadnāt an idee oā goinā to hear Passon Walden, anā sez I ādo-ee go anā hear āim,ā anā she sezāāNo, Spruce, I cannot, I donāt believe in itāā anā I sez to myself, ānever mind, the Lord āe knows āis own, which He do, but āard as are His ways I never did think Heād aā brought her to be Passonās wife,āthat do beat me, though itās just what it should be, anā if the Lord donāt know what should be why then no one donāt, anā that āminds me oā when I sent for Passon to see me unpack Miss Marylliaās boxes, he was that careful he made me pick up a pair oā pink shoes what āad fell on the floorāāTake care oā them,ā he sezāLor!ānow I come to think of it, he was mortal struck over them pink shoes!ā
And Bainton commenting on general events observed:ā
āWell, I did say once that if Passon were married heād be a fine man spoilt, but Iāve altered my mind now! I think heās a fine man full growed at last, like a plant whatās stopped a bit anā suddenly takes a start anā begins to flower. Anā so far as my own line goes, if Missis Walden, bless āer, comes round me talkinā about the rectory garden, which is to be kepā up just the same as ever, anā fusses like over the lilac bush what he broke a piece off of for her, well!āI DID say Iād never āave a petticut round MY workābut a pretty petticutās worth looking at, it is reely now!ā
So the harmless chatter among the village folks went on, and the feasting, dancing and singing lasted long. Chief of important personages among all that gathered under the old beech-trees was Josey Letherbarrow,āvery feeble,āvery dim of eye, but stout of heart and firm of opinion as ever. Beside him sat Bishop Brent,ā with Walden himself and his bride,āfor from his venerable hands Maryllia had sought the first blessing on her marriage as soon as the wedding ceremony had ended.
āEverythingās all right if weāll only believe it!ā he said now, looking with a wistful tenderness from one to the otherāāLifeās all rightādeathās all right! Iām sartin sure Iāll find everything just as Iāve hoped anā prayed forāt when I gets to thā other side oā this world, for Iāve āad my āartās best wish given to me when all āope seemed overāanā that was to see Squireās gel āappy! Anā she IS āappy!ālook at āer, as fresh as a little rose all smilinā anā ready to bloom on āer husbandās lovinā āart! Ah! Thā owld Squire would aā been proud to see āem this bright day! And as for the Lord Aāmighty He knows what Heās about I tell ye!ā and Josey nodded his head with great sagacityāāSome folks think He donātābut He do!ā
The Bishop smiled.
āVerily I have not found so great a faithāno, not in Israel!āāhe murmured, as presently he rose and strolled away by himself for a while to muse and meditate. Towards sunset Walden, going in search of him found him in the rose garden, looking at the profuse red clusters of bloom in the old French damask border.
āHow they smile openly to the sun!ā he said, pointing to them, as John approachedāāLike love!āor faith!ā
John was silent a moment. Then he said suddenlyā
āAre you going over to Rome, Harry?ā
āNo!ā And Brentās eyes looked full into those of his friend, straightly and steadfastly. āNot now. I will do the work appointed for me to the end!ā
āThank God!ā said Walden, simply. And their hands met in a close grasp, thereby sealing a wordless compact, never to be broken.
The sun sank and the moon began to rise. Song and dance gradually ceased, and the happy villagers began to disperse, and wend their ways homeward. Love was in the airālove breathed in the perfume of the flowersālove tuned the throats of the passionate nightingales that warbled out their mating songs in every hazel copse and from ever acacia bough in the Manor woods, and love seemed, as the poet says, to āsit astride oā the moonā as its silver orb peered over the gables of the Manor itself and poured a white shower of glory on the sweet face and delicate form of Maryllia, as she stood in the old Tudor courtyard, now a veritable wilderness of flowers, with her husbandās arm round her, listening to the faint far-off singing of the villagers returning to their homes through the scented green lanes.
āEveryone has been happy to-day!ā she said, looking up with a smile- -āAll the world around us seems to thank God!ā
āAll the world would thank Him if it could but find what we have found!ā answered John, drawing her close to his heartāāAll it wants, all it needs, both for itself and others, for this world and the next, is simplyāLove!ā
THE END
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