ys."
The next morning Holcroft and Alida drove to town and went to the
church which she and her mother used to attend. After the service they
followed the clergyman home, where Alida again told him her story,
though not without much help from the farmer. After some kindly
reproach that she had not brought her troubles to him at first, the
minister performed a ceremony which found deep echoes in both their
hearts.
Time and right, sensible living soon remove prejudice from the hearts
of the good and stop the mouths of the cynical and scandal-loving.
Alida's influence, and the farmer's broadening and more unselfish views
gradually bought him into a better understanding of his faith, and into
a kinder sympathy and charity for his neighbors than he had ever known.
His relations to the society of which he was a part became natural and
friendly, and his house a pretty and a hospitable home. Even Mrs.
Watterly eventually entered its portals. She and others were compelled
to agree with Watterly that Alida was not of the "common sort," and
that the happiest good fortune which could befall any man had come to
Holcroft when he fell in love with his wife.
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