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EPILOGUE


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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