oke in,
and then she had to remember where she had left off. She could feel that
beating against her breast still, and even smell the violets that grew by
the pool. He had told her to give up everything, and there was an
exquisite thrill in the thought that perhaps some day she would
annihilate herself and all her ambitions, and--who knows what then?

This mood lasted until Monday morning, when she was sitting in her room,
dressing very slowly and smiling at herself in the glass, when the
Cockney maid came in with a newspaper which her master had sent up on
account of its long report of the wedding.

"The Church of All Saints' was crowded by a fashionable congregation,
among whom were many notable persons in the world of politics and
society, including the father of the bridegroom, the Duke of ---- and his
brother, the Marquis of ----. An arch of palms crossed the nave at the
entrance to the chancel, and festoons of rare flowers were suspended from
the rails of the handsome screen. The altar and the table of the
commandments were almost obscured by the wreaths of exotics that hung
over them, and the columns of the colonnade, the font and offertory boxes
were similarly buried in rich and lovely blossom.

"Thanks to an informal rehearsal some days before, the ceremony went off
without a hitch. The officiating clergy were the Venerable Archdeacon
Wealthy, D. D., assisted by the Rev. Josiah Golightly and other members
of the numerous staff of All Saints'. The service, which was fully
choral, was under the able direction of the well-known organist and
choirmaster, Mr. Carl Koenig, F. R. C. O., and the choir consisted of
twenty adult and forty boy voices. On the arrival of the bride a
procession was formed at the west entrance and proceeded up to the
chancel, singing 'The voice that breathed o'er Eden----"

"Poor Polly!" thought Glory.

"The bride wore a duchess satin gown trimmed with chiffon and Brussels
lace, and having a long train hung from the shoulders. Her tulle veil was
fastened with a ruby brooch and with sprays of orange blossom sent
specially from the Riviera, and her necklace consisted of a rope of
graduated pearls fully a yard long, and understood to have belonged to
the jewel case of Catharine of Russia. She carried a bouquet of flowers
(the gift of the bridegroom) brought from Florida, the American home of
her family. The bride's mother wore---- The bridesmaids were dressed----
Mr. Horatio Drake acted as