oung people belonging to our party broke into an irresistible laugh.
They were not so much to be blamed. Youth _will_ see amusement in even
trifles, but there was one amongst us who did not laugh. The old man's
chagrin seemed to touch _her_. She went quickly forward, and as he
groped nervously for his parcels she lifted them one by one, and laid
them in his arms. She was not a strictly pretty girl, but there was
dignity and sweetness both in her face and in her action. I noticed
that a young man, one of our party, watched her intently. He was rich,
titled, one of _the_ matches of the London season. Supreme admiration
showed itself in his face. He demanded an introduction. I gave it. In
six months they were man and wife. _She_ made a good match, and so did
he, in every sense of the word.
There is one last remark, however, and a vital one, that I must make.
No match, however distinguished either by money or position, can be
called a _good_ one unless "love," who "is a great Master," be the very
core of it.
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