Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, 1826-1887 / 2008-08-02 00:00:00
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CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE
BY
DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK
Author of _John Halifax, Gentleman_,
&c., &c., &c.
New York Harper & Brothers,
Publishers Franklin Square.
Inscribed affectionately to
John and Lucy
Chapter 1.
_"So I will do my best a gude wife to be,
For Auld Robin Grey is vera kind to me."_
"I think this will do, my dear; just listen;" and in a mysterious half
whisper, good Mrs. Ferguson, wife of James Ferguson, the well-to-do
silversmith and jeweler, of High Street, Avonsbridge, read aloud from
the sheet of paper in her hand:
"'On the 21st instant, at the University Church, Avonsbridge, by the
Reverend John Smith, the Reverend Arnold Grey, D.D., Master of
Saint Bede's College, Avonsbridge, to Christian, only child of the late
Edward Oakley, Esq., of that place.' Will it do? Because, if so, James
will send it to 'The Times' at once."
"Better ask Dr. Grey first," answered the bride.
As she spoke, Dr. Grey turned round from the window where he had
been conversing--that is, responding to conversation--with Mr.
Ferguson, chiefly on the weather; for it was a snowy December day.
This precise moment, half an hour after his marriage--his second
marriage--is hardly a fair time to describe Dr.
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