“We all three passed through the gate leading into the grounds before the house.
“But only Anglesea went up to the door and rang the bell.
“A servant maid opened to the summons.
“Anglesea spoke to her, and both disappeared in the house, leaving the door ajar.
“After a few minutes Anglesea reappeared at the door, and with a smile beckoned us to come in.
“We entered the hall, and were immediately conducted by our ‘guide, philosopher and friend’ to the minister’s study on the right hand of the hall.
“There stood a venerable man, with white hair, and clothed in clerical black, to receive us.
“Very few questions were put to us, and our answers, mostly given through Anglesea, were satisfactory.
“We were then asked to come up and take our stand before the minister. And in a very few minutes the marriage ceremony, which I believed had made us man and wife, was completed.
“Then the old minister gave us a solemn lecture on the duties we had assumed. And then he made a fervent prayer for us, and ended by giving us his blessing.