23/28 You be a stranger in these parts, I take it ?" Cuthbert was not quite a stranger, but he had never heard before of these weddings. But he is a priest, and he says the right words, and joins their hands and calls them man and wife. No man can do more so far as my poor wits tell me. Most of our young folks--ay, and some of the old ones too--have been married that fashion, and I can't see that there is aught amiss with them. They be as happy and comfortable as other folks." Cuthbert moved on with the interested crowd to see these haphazard weddings. |