Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 227: what you’re looking at

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Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. 221 CHAPTER XV. HOW WE READ THE RIDDLE, AND FOUND THE TREASURE, Ten days after my return to Roanoke my wedding bells rang out merrily over moor and woodland, and amid the rejoicings of the villagers, and the congratulations of the neigh- boring gentry, I led the blushing May to the altar of the old parish church, and carried _ her home as my bride. From that day to the sad one on which she closed her eyes on earthly affairs she was the dearest, sweetest, most loving wife that ever mortal man was blessed with, and though I hourly mourn her loss, I still draw solace from the thought that while she lived she ‘never owed to.me a moment’s sorrow, and that in the course of nature it cannot be long now before I go to rejoin her. We started next morning for the city of London, which at that time neither of us ( TOIOG © comichbooks.com