Hill as a
valuable commentar on the Old Testament Scriptures. Nor were the
occupants of the drawing-room less jolly. The Squire and the doctor, Mr.
Bangs and Mr. Bigglethorpe, kept the conversation lively, and would have
hurt the feelings of Orther Lom, who arrived by the stage, if he had had
any to hurt. The contracting parties were grave and self-contained, as
became their position; and, to look at Mr. Errol, no one could have
dreamt of his ever having gone on the splore. Dr. MacPhun came late, in
his own buggy, accompanied by his daughter Maggie, a pretty girl of
seventeen, who was just what the feminine community wanted. The reverend
doctor warmly congratulated his co-presbyter, and jocularly quoted words
to the effect that hope's blest dominion never ends, and the greatest
sinner may return, which Mrs. Carmichael regarded as an unworthy
reflection upon her intended's antiquity. Wednesday came at last, and
the Kirk was decked at morning tide, but, unlike St. Cuthbert's, the
tapers did not glimmer fair. The concourse was great, and the organ and
choir were at their best. Mrs.
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