n to hold back the crowds which filled the street. The
ceremony took place at St. Cecilia's, with the stately bishop
officiating, in his purple and scarlet robes. Inside the doors were all
the elect, exquisitely groomed and gowned, and such a medley of
delicious perfumes as not all the vales in Arcady could equal. The
groom had been polished and scrubbed, and looked very handsome, though
somewhat pale; and Montague could not but smile as he observed the best
man, looking so very solemn, and recollected the drunken wrestler of a
few hours before, staggering about in a pale blue undershirt ripped up
the back.

The Montagues knew by this time whom they were to avoid. They were
graciously taken under the wing of Mrs. Eldridge Devon--whose real
estate was not affected by insurance suits; and the next morning they
had the satisfaction of seeing their names in the list of those
present--and even a couple of lines about Alice's costume. (Alice was
always referred to as "Miss Montague"; it was very pleasant to be the
"Miss Montague," and to think of all the other would-be Miss Montagues
in the city, who were thereby haughtily rebuked!) In the "yellow"
papers there were also accounts of the trousseau of the bride, and of
the wonderful gifts which she had received, and of the long honeymoon
which she was to spend in the Mediterranean upon her husband's yacht.
Montague found himself wondering if the ghosts of its former occupants
would not haunt her, and whether she would have been as happy, had she
known as much as he knew.

He found food for a good deal of thought in the memory of this banquet.
Among the things which he had gathered from the songs was a hint that
Oliver, also, had some secrets, which he had not seen fit to tell his
brother. The keeping of young girls was apparently one of the
established customs of the "little brothers of the rich"--and, for that
matter, of many of the big brothers, also. A little later Montague had
a curious glimpse into the life of this "half-world." He had occasion
one evening to call up a certain financier whom he had come to know
quite well-a man of family and a member of the church. There were some
important papers to be signed and sent off by a steamer; and the great
man's secretary said that he would try to find him. A minute or two
later he called up Montague and asked him if he would be good enough to
go to an address uptown. It was a house not far from Riverside Drive;
and Montague w