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A post chaise drove up to the door—the trunks were hastily conveyed to the vehicle—and Adelais was torn away from the arms of her young sister Rosamond, who clung frantically to her. An hour afterwards, the guests were gone—and Rosamond remained alone with her father. A POST CHAISE DROVE UP TO THE DOOR THE TRUNKS WERE HASTILY CONVEYED TO THE VEHICLE AND ADELACE WAS TORN AWAY FROM THE ARMS OF HER YOUNG SISTER ROSAMOND WHO CLUNG FRANTICALLY TO HER AN HOUR AFTERWARDS THE GUESTS WERE GONE AND ROSAMOND REMAINED ALONE WITH HER FATHER
f society. The aristocracy of talent has been substituted; and the mechanic may now rise to be a minister—the ploughman has his fair chance of becoming a politician—the delver of the soil can aspire to the post of deputy. France is regenerated: England can become so only by the destruction of its hereditary aristocracy. From this long digression, we return to the bridal party assembled at Torrens Cottage, and now about to repair to the adjacent church, where the nuptial bond was to be indissolubly tied. And to that church did the party proceed,—the father, who looked upon his daughters as the means of filling his purse,—the daughters, who knew not the utter selfishness of their sire,—the young man, who was so indescribably happy in at length accompanying to the altar her whom he loved so well,—and the guests, who thought as much of the excellent breakfast which followed as of the solemn ceremony itself. The banquet passed—and the time came for the departure of the newly married couple. RADE AND PHASE OF SOCIETY THE ARISTOCRACY OF TALENT HAS BEEN SUBSTITUTED AND THE MECHANIC MAY NOW RISE TO BE A MINISTER THE PLOUGHMAN HAS HIS FAIR SHARE OF BECOMING A POLITICIAN THE DELVER OF THE SOIL CAN ASPIRE TO THE POST OF DEPUTY FRANCE IS REGENERATED ENGLAND CAN BECOME SO ONLY BY THE DESTRUCTION OF ITS HEREDITARY ARISTOCRACY FROM THIS LONG DIGRESSION WE RETURNED TO THE BRIDAL PARTY ASSEMBLED AT TORRANCE COTTAGE AND NOW ABOUT TO REPAIR TO THE ADJACENT CHURCH WHERE THE NUPTIAL BOND WAS TO BE INDISSOLUBLY TIED AND TO THAT CHURCH DID THE PARTY PROCEED THE FATHER WHO LOOKED UPON HIS DAUGHTERS AS THE MEANS OF FILLING HIS PURSE THE DAUGHTERS WHO KNEW NOT THE UTTER SELFISHNESS OF THEIR SIRE THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS SO INDESCRIBABLY HAPPY AND AT LENGTH ACCOMPANYING TO THE ALTAR HER WHOM HE LOVED SO WELL AND THE GUESTS WHO THOUGHT AS MUCH OF THE EXCELLENT BREAKFAST WHICH FOLLOWED AS OF THE SOLEMN CEREMONY ITSELF THE BANQUET PASSED AND THE TIME CAME FOR THE DEPARTURE OF THE NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE
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