CHAPTER EIGHT-2

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They had been chosen, Ursa knew, because the Marquis believed that they resembled her. The Chaplain was waiting and the Dowager Lady Brackley was sitting in the front pew. The organ, which was hidden at the back of the Chapel, was playing very softly. But it was impossible to see who was playing it. Because the marriage was secret, the Marquis had no Best Man and the only witnesses were to be his Chaplain and his grandmother. The Chaplain read the Marriage Service with a deep sincerity. It made Ursa feel that every word was a blessing from God Himself. When they knelt again and the organ was still playing softly, she felt as if the angels were singing overhead. She and the Marquis were under the partition of Heaven. When they rose from their knees without speaking, the Marquis too

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