"Yes," said Tarbox, with grave lips, but merry eyes; "we've both got to have one." In fact they had two. Yet I have it from her husband himself, that Madame Tarbox insists to this day, always with the same sweet dignity, that she never did say yes. On the other hand, when Claude and Marguerite were kneeling at the altar the proud St. Pierre, senior, spoke an audible and joyously impatient affirmative every time either of them was asked a question. When the time came for kissing, Sidonie, turning from both brides, kissed St. Pierre the more for that she kissed not Claude, then turned again and gave a tear with the kiss she gave to Zosephine. But the deepest, gladdest tears at those nuptials were shed by Bonaventure Deschamps. * * * * * Transcriber's Note Minor typographic errors have been corrected without note. This work contains a lot of dialect, which includes unusual spelling and hyphenation. This has been retained as printed throughout. A small portion of the text was obscured on page 90. With the context and available space, 'Claude had' would seem to be the most appropriate for the original, and has been used here. It now reads, "... four hands clasped together, Claude had learned, for ..." The original text contained a small piece of music notation; this has not been preserved in this version, and is noted simply as [Music]. The single oe ligature has not been retained.