And Lady B., who is the soul of good nature, was forced into purchasing the wedding cake, never unpacked--she had a superb one, of course, from Pelitis; but this she bought as a supplementary affair for cutting up afterwards and sending away. “Sweet Primrose and Dolly Merton were the little bridesmaids; and as the former insisted on having ‘a gentleman to walk with,’ Mrs. Paul’s two handsome boys, in white page suits, accompanied the pair of small maids. They made the prettiest quartette--Dolly and Sweet in such smart frocks, Sweet looking really like a young angel, with her golden hair. However, she came out in her true colours before the end of the day. I wondered that she was invited to be present in any form, but Miss Gordon said that Mr. Jervis particularly wished it. There is no accounting for tastes--of course he does not _know_ her. I declare to you, that child strutted up the aisle, in her white silk shoes and stockings, as if she were spurning criticism, and as if the whole packed church full of people were assembled solely to gaze at Sweet Primrose! There were several outsiders present--friends the bridegroom had picked up--two or three young planters, whose hair wanted cutting badly, a missionary with an immense brown beard, who took part in the ceremony, that funny Mr. Cardozo, who seemed all teeth and diamond rings. The bride wore a lovely plain white satin and _the_ pearls. She was rather nervous; but the bridegroom was perfectly composed. They looked so triumphantly happy coming down the aisle arm-in-arm. After all, there is nothing like a love match! “We assembled in immense force at Rookwood, to drink the health of the newly-married couple. Sir Pelham made a capital speech--neat, brief, and witty. There were one or two unofficial remarks which may be recorded; for example, Colonel Sladen said, ‘She came up with him--a case of the early bird. The first day she was brought to the club I gave her a piece of sound advice--I told her to keep her eye on the millionaire. Though I had got hold of the wrong end of the stick, it appears that she had _not_!’