Overview
"[...] The wedding was celebrated in the midst of the turmoil of the fair. Strolling players, jugglers and buffoons were the witnesses, and there was no lack of music and tinsel. A quieter ceremony would have been more agreeable to the plain citizen and sensible blacksmith, but this purgatory had to be passed to reach Paradise. On Wednesday he went off in a fair wagon with his young wife, and in Stuttgart bought with a portion of his savings many articles of household furniture, less to stop the gossips' tongues, of which he took no heed, than to do her honor in his own eyes. These things, piled high in a wagon of his own, he had sent into his native town as Florette's dowry, for her whole outfit consisted of one [...]"
- | Author: Mary J. Safford
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Jun 27, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 242 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1514733811
- | ISBN-13: 9781514733813
