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Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1879 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX. WERE THEY BILIOUS? Of course Mr. Phillips and the happy widow had their wedding-day; but it is not our purpose to give the particulars of the ceremony. Already have we stretched this simple story beyond its contemplated dimensions, and we must bring it to a close. They were married at Quimby''s. Mrs. Quimby insisted upon this; and, as the home of the fair bride in Sansgammon was but a boardingplace, she could easily consent to the proposal. To be sure Tom and Anna were at the ceremony, although it did look at one time as if the pleasure would not be theirs. The marriage was to take place at an early hour in the day, and at nine o''clock the carriage was to call for Tom and his wife. This demanded lively action on Anna''s part. She had the breakfast to get and clear away, and the other work to do, before she could dress herself. So much enforced haste made her nervous and irritable, and the temperature of her mind readily influenced him,--the two being one. Someway the cooking did not go right. It had to be in a measure slighted, of course; but the time thus saved did not appear to count much as an advantage. As soon as Tom finished eating, he proceeded to dress himself, while Anna hastened to clear away the breakfast-things. He got a clean shirt, and got it on, when he discovered that the back button was off. This was a great shock to Tom Griggs. If the crab-apple-tree in the frontyard had stepped into the room, and lifted him by his back hair, he could scarcely have been more surprised and hurt. He took off the garment,--not, however, with that deliberation one employs in peeling a banana. Rather it seemed to come off as if by a sudden impulse. Then he threw it back of him in a manner that implied considerable agitation. He took out another shirt...
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