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"There were endless festivities upon occasion of the marriage; and my grandfather did not go to one of them in his dressing gown. The gentle sweetness of his wife melted every heart into love and sympathy. He was much older than she, without doubt. But age, as he used to say with a smile of immortal youth, is a matter of feeling, not of years. THERE WERE ENDLESS FESTIVITIES UPON OCCASION OF THE MARRIAGE AND MY GRANDFATHER DID NOT GO TO ONE OF THEM IN HIS DRESSING GOWN THE GENTLE SWEETNESS OF HIS WIFE MELTED EVERY HEART INTO LOVE AND SYMPATHY HE WAS MUCH OLDER THAN SHE WITHOUT DOUBT BUT AGE AS HE USED TO SAY WITH THE SMILE OF IMMORTAL YOUTH IS A MATTER OF FEELING NOT OF YEARS
ey passed. There were but a few of them, and mostly traders from the neighboring island. But suddenly the face of a young girl appeared over the side of the vessel, and she stepped upon the plank to descend. My grandfather Titbottom instantly advanced, and, moving briskly, reached the top of the plank at the same moment, and with the old tassel of his cap flashing in the sun, and one hand in the pocket of his dressing-gown, with the other he handed the young lady carefully down the plank. That young lady was afterwards my grandmother Titbottom. "For, over the gleaming sea which he had watched so long, and which seemed thus to reward his patient gaze, came his bride that sunny morning. "'Of course, we are happy,' he used to say to her, after they were married: 'For you are the gift of the sun I have loved so long and so well.' And my grandfather Titbottom would lay his hand so tenderly upon the golden hair of his young bride, that you could fancy him a devout Parsee, caressing sunbeams.  TO SEE THE PASSENGERS AS THEY PASSED THERE WERE BUT A FEW OF THEM AND MOSTLY TRADERS FROM THE NEIGHBORING ISLAND BUT SUDDENLY THE FACE OF A YOUNG GIRL APPEARED OVER THE SIDE OF THE VESSEL AND SHE STEPPED UPON THE PLANK TO DESCEND MY GRANDFATHER TIT BOTTOM INSTANTLY ADVANCED AND MOVING BRISKLY REACHED THE TOP OF THE PLANK AT THE SAME MOMENT AND WITH THE OLD TASSEL OF HIS CAP FLASHING IN THE SUN AND ONE HAND IN THE POCKET OF HIS DRESSING GOWN WITH THE OTHER HE HANDED THE YOUNG LADY CAREFULLY DOWN THE PLANK THAT YOUNG LADY WAS AFTERWARDS MY GRANDMOTHER TIT BOTTOM FOR OVER THE GLEAMING SEA WHICH HE HAD WATCHED SO LONG AND WHICH SEEMED THUS TO REWARD HIS PATIENT GAZE CAME HIS BRIDE THAT SUNNY MORNING OF COURSE WE ARE HAPPY HE USED TO SAY TO HER AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED FOR YOU ARE THE GIFT OF THE SON I HAVE LOVED SO LONG AND SO WELL AND MY GRANDFATHER TIT BOTTOM WOULD LAY HIS HAND SO TENDERLY UPON THE GOLDEN HAIR OF HIS YOUNG BRIDE THAT YOU COULD FANCY HIM A DEVOUT PARSEE CARESSING SUNBEAMS
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