But after the ceremony when Jane and Jimmie were happily married, Jane looking very young and pretty indeed in Betty's old wedding gown, veil and slippers and all, and standing under the holly bell in the laurel arch to be congratulated just as it had been arranged, there suddenly came a hush over everybody. Jane noticed for the first time that Betty was not anywhere in the room. Then everybody's eyes went to the wide staircase, and here came Betty trailing down the stairs on the arm of Reyburn, wearing still the little white organdie she had worn a few minutes before as a bridesmaid, only she had thrown aside the rose-colored sash and put over her brow a simple tulle veil, and her arms were full of little pink rosebuds and lilies of the valley. Up they walked in front of the minister just where the others had stood, and were married with the same sweet simple service, and everybody was so surprised and delighted and excited and breathless that Bob simply couldn't stand it. He slipped into the little music room where the piano had been installed, turned a handspring on the floor, and then sat down and played chopsticks on the piano with all the pedals on, till Ma had to send Emily in to stop him. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation errors have been corrected. Repeated book title was removed. Page 30, "posible" changed to "possible" (the feathers as possible) Page 36, "Pood" changed to "Poor" (Poor soul! Candy!) Page 71, "beter" changed to "better" (you better go to) Page 77, "ominious" changed to "ominous" (the ominous silence) Page 90, repeated word "an" removed from text. Original read (by an an inch and) Page 121, "hrurrying" changed to "hurrying" (said Ma, hurrying) Page 131, "wante" changed to "wanted" (I kind of wanted) Page 131, "l" changed to "look". The space was there it just was not printed. (It doesn't look) Page 131, as above, "wh" changed to "when you" (you know, when you) Page 196, "suspicians" changed to "suspicions" (these suspicions which) Page 199, "tiptoing" changed to "tiptoeing" (and tiptoeing to the door) Page 220, "disapointment" changed to "disappointment" (great disappointment of Bi)