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EPILOGUE
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catches hers, "smiles as she was wont to smile"). |
| Master Riggetts | (with a happy recollection of his latest-read work of fiction—"Sir Rupert of the Hall": Meadowsweet Library—to himself). "Good-by, proud lady. Fare you well. And may you never regret. May—you—nevorrr—regret!" |
[Dives passionately into larder, and consoles himself with jam.
| The Best Man | (to his gang of bravoes). Now, then, you men, bang it in. |
[They bang it in.
| The Bridegroom | (retrieving his hat). Oh |
[Recollects himself in time.
| The Best Man. | Oh, shot, sir! Shot, indeed! |
[The Bride and Bridegroom enter the carriage amid a storm of rice.
| The Best Man | (coming to carriage window). Garny, old horse. |
| The Bridegroom. | Well? |
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