All this was very pretty and very pleasant; and when Mrs. Cornbury, as she went away, made a special request that she might be invited to the wedding, Rachel was supremely happy. "Mamma," she said, "I do love that woman. I hardly know why, but I do love her so much." "It was always the same with Patty Comfort," said Mrs. Ray. "She had a way of making people fond of her. They say that she can do just what she likes with the old gentleman at the Grange." It may be well that I should declare here that there was no scrutiny as to the return of Butler Cornbury to Parliament,--to the great satisfaction both of old Mr. Cornbury and of old Mr. Comfort. They had been brought to promise that the needful funds for supporting the scrutiny should be forthcoming; but the promise had been made with heavy hearts, and the tidings of Mr. Hart's quiescence had been received very gratefully both at Cornbury and at Cawston. Luke and Rachel were married on New Year's Day at Cawston church, and afterwards made a short marriage trip to Penzance and the Land's End. It was cold weather for pleasure-travelling; but snow and winds and rain affect young married people less, I think, than they do other folk. Rachel when she returned could not bear to be told that it had been cold. There was no winter, she said, at Penzance,--and so she continued to say ever afterwards. Mrs. Ray would not consent to abandon the cottage at Bragg's End. She still remained its occupier in conjunction with Mrs. Prime, but she passed more than half her time at the brewery. Mrs. Prime is still Mrs. Prime; and will, I think, remain so, although Mr. Prong is occasionally seen to call at the cottage. It is, I think, now universally admitted by all Devonshire and Cornwall that Luke Rowan has succeeded in brewing good beer; with what results to himself I am not prepared to say. I do not, however, think it probable that he will succeed in his professed object of shutting up the apple orchards of the county. * * * * * * Transcriber's note: Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Volume I, Chapter XII, paragraph 45. "She had pledged herself to give Mr. Prong an answer on Friday, . . ." The astute reader will recall from Chapter IX that Mrs. Prime asked Mr. Prong to call on Saturday, while Miss Pucker was shopping, to learn her answer to his proposal. Specific changes in wording of the text are listed below. Volume I, Chaper VII, paragraph 16. The word "walks" was changed to "walls" in the sentence: Now the room was partially cleared, the non-dancers being pressed back into a border round the WALLS, and the music began. Volume I, Chapter XIV, paragraph 1. "Excellence" was changed to "existence" in the sentence: In Rachel's presence, and sweet smile, and winning caresses was the chief delight of her EXISTENCE.