opal Venice glasses, recently purchased by the Countess in London.

The pies, the glory of Yorkshire, surpassed themselves. The young
bride and bridegroom had the felicity of contemplating one whose
crust was elevated into the altar of Hymen, with their own selves
united thereat, attended by numerous Cupids, made chiefly in paste
and sugar, and with little wings from the feathers of the many
slaughtered fowl within. As to the jellies, the devices and the
subtilties, the pen refuses to describe them! It will be enough to
say that the wedding itself was the least part of the entertainment.
It was gone through with very few spectators in the early morning,
and the guests only assembled afterwards to this mighty dinner at a
somewhat earlier hour than they would now to a wedding breakfast.
The sewer marshalled all the guests in pairs according to their rank,
having gone through the roll with his mistress, just as the lady of
the house or her aide-de-camp pairs the guests and puts cards in
their plates in modern times. Every one was there who had any
connection with the Earl; and Cis, though flashes of recollection of
her true claims would come across her now and then, was unable to
keep from being eager about her first gaiety. Perhaps the strange
life she had led at Buxton, as it receded in the distance, became
more and more unreal and shadowy, and she was growing back into the
simple Cicely she had always believed herself. It was with perfectly
girlish natural pleasure that she donned the delicate sky-blue
farthingale, embroidered with white lilies by the skilful hands of
the captive Queen, and the daintily-fashioned little cap of Flanders
lace, and practised the pretty dancing steps which the Queen had
amused herself with teaching her long ere they knew they were mother
and daughter.