Book-bot.com - read famous books online for free

The Living Link by James De Mille
page 274 of 531 (51%)
The clergyman then said the words for Edith, but she could not repeat
the formula after him. Here and there she uttered a word or two in a
disjointed way, but that was all.

Then Edith felt her hand taken and a ring put on her finger.

Then the clergyman said the next formula, which the bridegroom repeated
after him in a whisper as before:

"With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my
worldly goods I thee endow," etc., etc.

Then followed a prayer, after which the clergy man, joining their right
hands together, said,

"Those whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunder."

Then followed the remainder of the service, and at its conclusion the
clergyman solemnly wished them every happiness.

"I suppose I may go now," said he; and as there was no answer, he groped
his way to the door, flung it open, and took his departure.

During all this service Edith had been in a condition verging upon half
unconsciousness. The low murmur of voices, the hurried words of the
clergyman, the whispers of the bridegroom, were all confused together in
an unintelligible whole, and even her own answers had scarce made any
impression upon her. Her head seemed to spin, her brain to whirl, and
all her frame to sink away. At length the grating of the opening door,
the clergyman's departing footsteps, and the slight increase of light
DigitalOcean Referral Badge