been cleaning the moss off the old dial-stone, and rolling back
the scroll of time. Father, let me present to you your future
daughter-in-law."

"My own brave boy," said the general. "Gerty Keane."

That was all; but I do not know yet which was the happier man of the
two--Jack's father or Mr. Richards.

As for Mary, as soon as she heard the glorious news she must seek out
"her boy" at once. She found him in his room, and with the best grace he
could muster he had to submit to "luv and sweet kisses" on the spot,
Mary assuring him that he had made her the happiest girl in all Norfolk.

* * * * *

There is a good deal of similarity about weddings; but it was generally
admitted that the double event that took place at Grantley Hall in the
spring of '99--namely, the marriages of Tom and Flora, and Gerty and
Jack--was the gayest wedding, or rather pair of weddings, that had ever
taken place in the north. I cannot say that bonfires blazed on every
hill, because there are no hills in Norfolk worthy of the name; but the
rejoicing far and near was universal, and with all his old Highland
hospitality and lavishness, General Grant Mackenzie, ably supported by
Richards and the gallant M'Hearty, kept open house for a whole fortnight
to all comers.

Meanwhile, in a charming yacht, under blue skies and with favouring
winds, the happy couples were sailing round the shores of merry England
and green Caledonia.

Ah! there is many a less happy life than that of the sailor, and many
worse people than sailors; and had I my time to begin again, I should
still be sweeping through the deep.

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