2013年5月24日星期五

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solemnized at Montreux, in the pretty little church in that town.

The miller was very anxious that this arrangement should be agreed to.

He alone knew what the newly-married couple would receive from

Babette's godmother, and he knew also that it was a wedding present

well worth a concession. The day was fixed, and they were to travel as

far as Villeneuve the evening before, to be in time for the steamer

which sailed in the morning for Montreux, and the godmother's

daughters were to dress and adorn the bride.

"Here in this house there ought to be a wedding-day kept," said

the parlor-cat, "or else I would not give a mew for the whole affair."

"There is going to be great feasting," replied the kitchen-cat.

"Ducks and pigeons have been killed, and a whole roebuck hangs on

the wall. It makes me lick my lips when I think of it."

"To-morrow morning they will begin the journey."

Yes, to-morrow! And this evening, for the last time, Rudy and

Babette sat in the miller's house as an engaged couple. Outside, the

Alps glowed in the evening sunset, the evening bells chimed, and the

children of the sunbeam sang, "Whatever happens is best."

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