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East Lynne

CHAPTER XVI
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It expected to see a whole paraphernalia of bridal finery, and again it was doomed to disappointment, for Isabel had not put off the mourning for her father.

She was in black--a thin gauze dress--and her white bonnet had small black flowers inside and out.

For the first time in his life, Mr.Carlyle took possession of the pew belonging to East Lynne, filling the place where the poor earl used to sit.

Not so Miss Corny--she sat in her own.
Barbara was there with the Justice and Mrs.Hare.Her face wore a gray, dusky hue, of which she was only too conscious, but could not subdue.
Her covetous eyes would wander to that other face, with its singular loveliness and its sweetly earnest eyes, sheltered under the protection of him for whose sheltering protection she had so long yearned.

Poor Barbara did not benefit much by the services that day.
Afterward they went across the churchyard to the west corner, where stood the tomb of Lord Mount Severn.


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