CHAPTER XXVI.
Wedded.
fter all the commotion, the wedding was a very quiet one.
Adèle left the house early one bright summer morning.
The sun was rising, illuminating the sky with all its various colours; the lark was soaring towards heaven's gates; the mowers could already be heard sharpening their scythes in the hay fields, and Mary and Louisa, the tenant's daughters, were busily engaged milking their father's cows.
A carriage, drawn by two grey horses, carried the heiress of "Les Marches" to be married to Frank Mathers.
The beautifying properties of love shone on the bride's and bridegroom's countenances as they stepped out of the church of St. ----.