be as great an occasion as we can make it.
She smiled smugly. That meant very great with the might of Uncle Timothy purse strings behind it, and it was well known who had control of them.
imothy and I are determined that it shall be a day neither Jessamy nor we shall forget. There is so much to do between now and the wedding day. How they are going to get her dress done in time, I don know. But talking of the actual ceremony Jessamy has made a request. She wants you to be her bridesmaid, Anabel.
h, how kind of Jessamy. She always thinks of others.
essamy has been very properly brought up.A stern glance at my father, who quite missed the shaft and was intent on retrieving his spectacles, which had receded even farther than usual. he fact is you are to be a bridesmaid. Now we shall have to have you suitably clad. I am arranging for Sally Summers to come and make a dress for you.
erhaps we could find something began my father.
o, James. The dress is not to be found. It is to be made. It must be absolutely right for the occasion. I thought of buttercup yellow.
I did not like buttercup yellow. It was not one of the colors which became me most and I had a notion that Aunt Amy Jane might have chosen it for that reason.
essamy wanted shell pink or azure blue,she went on.
Dear Jessamy! She knew that of all colors those suited me best.
suppose she, as the bride, will be the arbiter on this occasion,I said.
My aunt did not reply to that. Instead she said: ally will be coming over with the material in a few daystime. There must be no delay. I have told her that she will stay here and make the dress. It should only take a day or so. We shall have a houseful of guests for the wedding, so there will be no room for you to stay at the Manor. You will be officiating of course, James, and Anabel can join the party at the church and you will come to the Manor for the celebrations. The bride and bridegroom are going to Florence for the honeymoon. You can return to the vicarage after they have left. I will send the carriage back for you.
h, Aunt Amy Jane, what a wonderful manager you are!I cried. verything planned to the last detail. I am sure it will all go off beautifully.
She gave me a look of rare approval; and when she left I thought how different life was going to be with Jessamy married, how I had taken her for granted and how fond I really was of her.
I should go and see her, though, in this wonderful enchanted castle of hers and I should meet the husband who had been able to work such a miracle in her.
Two days later the material arrived for my dress. It was soft azure-blue silk chiffon.
Dear Jessamy! I thought.
It was a lovely morning. June was the month to marry. Tomorrow would be Jessamy wedding day.
There would be bustle and excitement at the Manor with all the guests arriving.
e have a houseful,Aunt Amy Jane declared proudly. he Matelands will be there in force and naturally all the bridegroom family are staying in the house.
I had offered to help decorate the church and early this morning roses had come over from the Seton gardens and were now standing in buckets of water in the church porch. Sally Summers was an artistic arranger of flowers as well as a dressmaker and had been assigned to deal with them by my indomitable aunt. Poor Sally, her eyes looked as though they were going to disappear into her head; she had been so overworked, hurried and harried over the last two weeks.
l get a start on it,I told her. ou can come in later and adjust them all. But it will be a help to have them in their various containers.
Sally was grateful and consequently on that June morning, the day before Jessamy wedding, I made my way to the church immediately after breakfast and set to work on the decorations.
It was a lovely morning, and I felt exhilarated. Tomorrow was the great day. Who would have believed it possible that Jessamy would be married so soon? Shy little Jessamy had found the man of her choice, whose home was a
She smiled smugly. That meant very great with the might of Uncle Timothy purse strings behind it, and it was well known who had control of them.
imothy and I are determined that it shall be a day neither Jessamy nor we shall forget. There is so much to do between now and the wedding day. How they are going to get her dress done in time, I don know. But talking of the actual ceremony Jessamy has made a request. She wants you to be her bridesmaid, Anabel.
h, how kind of Jessamy. She always thinks of others.
essamy has been very properly brought up.A stern glance at my father, who quite missed the shaft and was intent on retrieving his spectacles, which had receded even farther than usual. he fact is you are to be a bridesmaid. Now we shall have to have you suitably clad. I am arranging for Sally Summers to come and make a dress for you.
erhaps we could find something began my father.
o, James. The dress is not to be found. It is to be made. It must be absolutely right for the occasion. I thought of buttercup yellow.
I did not like buttercup yellow. It was not one of the colors which became me most and I had a notion that Aunt Amy Jane might have chosen it for that reason.
essamy wanted shell pink or azure blue,she went on.
Dear Jessamy! She knew that of all colors those suited me best.
suppose she, as the bride, will be the arbiter on this occasion,I said.
My aunt did not reply to that. Instead she said: ally will be coming over with the material in a few daystime. There must be no delay. I have told her that she will stay here and make the dress. It should only take a day or so. We shall have a houseful of guests for the wedding, so there will be no room for you to stay at the Manor. You will be officiating of course, James, and Anabel can join the party at the church and you will come to the Manor for the celebrations. The bride and bridegroom are going to Florence for the honeymoon. You can return to the vicarage after they have left. I will send the carriage back for you.
h, Aunt Amy Jane, what a wonderful manager you are!I cried. verything planned to the last detail. I am sure it will all go off beautifully.
She gave me a look of rare approval; and when she left I thought how different life was going to be with Jessamy married, how I had taken her for granted and how fond I really was of her.
I should go and see her, though, in this wonderful enchanted castle of hers and I should meet the husband who had been able to work such a miracle in her.
Two days later the material arrived for my dress. It was soft azure-blue silk chiffon.
Dear Jessamy! I thought.
It was a lovely morning. June was the month to marry. Tomorrow would be Jessamy wedding day.
There would be bustle and excitement at the Manor with all the guests arriving.
e have a houseful,Aunt Amy Jane declared proudly. he Matelands will be there in force and naturally all the bridegroom family are staying in the house.
I had offered to help decorate the church and early this morning roses had come over from the Seton gardens and were now standing in buckets of water in the church porch. Sally Summers was an artistic arranger of flowers as well as a dressmaker and had been assigned to deal with them by my indomitable aunt. Poor Sally, her eyes looked as though they were going to disappear into her head; she had been so overworked, hurried and harried over the last two weeks.
l get a start on it,I told her. ou can come in later and adjust them all. But it will be a help to have them in their various containers.
Sally was grateful and consequently on that June morning, the day before Jessamy wedding, I made my way to the church immediately after breakfast and set to work on the decorations.
It was a lovely morning, and I felt exhilarated. Tomorrow was the great day. Who would have believed it possible that Jessamy would be married so soon? Shy little Jessamy had found the man of her choice, whose home was a
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