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t you? Oh, here they come. Oh, don't Miss Phyllis--Mrs. Garnet--look--well, there. And I can remember her a little slip of a girl only so high, and she used to come to my kitchen, and she used to say, "Mrs. Minchley," she used to say--it seems only yesterday--"Mrs. Minchley, I want--" [_Left reminiscing._ THE BRIDE (_as the page boy's gloomy eye catches hers, "smiles as she was wont to smile_"). MASTER RIGGETTS (_with a happy recollection of his latest-read work of fiction--"Sir Rupert of the Hall": Meadowsweet Library--to himself_). "Good-by, proud lady. Fare you well. And may you never regret. May--you--nevorrr--regret!" [_Dives passionately into larder, and consoles himself with jam._ THE BEST MAN (_to his gang of bravoes_). Now, then, you men, bang it in. [_They bang it in._ THE BRIDEGROOM (_retrieving his hat_). Oh-- [_Recollects himself in time._ THE BEST MAN. Oh, shot, sir! Shot, indeed! [_The_ BRIDE _and_ BRIDEGROOM _enter the carriage amid a storm of rice._ THE BEST MAN (_coming to carriage window_). Garny, old horse. THE BRIDEGROOM. Well? THE BEST MAN. Just a moment. Look here, I've got a new idea. The best ever, 'pon my word it is. I'm going to start a duck farm and run it without water. What? You'll miss your train? Oh, no, you won't. There's plenty of time. My theory is, you see, that ducks get thin by taking exercise and swimming about and so on, don't you know, so that, if you kept them on land always, they'd get jolly fat in about half the time--and no trouble and expense. See? What? You bring the missus down there. I'll write you the address. Good-by. Bless you. Good-by, Mrs. Garnet. THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM (_simultaneously, with a smile apiece_). Good-by. [_They catch the train and live happily ever afterwards._] * * * * * End of Project Gutenberg's Love Among the Chickens, by P. G. Wodehouse *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS *** ***** This file should be named 20532.txt or 20532.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/5/3/20532/ Produced by Suzanne Shell, Arthur Robinson, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print e
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