Chapter 19 quotes

Question 1

‘The day was fresh…

Answer 1

…with lively spring of wind fall of dust. All the old ladies in both families had got out their wedding clothes’

Question 2

‘Archer had gone through…

Answer 2

…this formality as resignedly as through all the others which made 19th century New York weddings a rite that seemed to belong to the dawn of history’

Question 3

‘concealment of the spot…

Answer 3

… in which the bridal night was to be spent being one of the most secret taboos of the prehistoric ritual’

Question 4

‘the men sulky with obligation…

Answer 4

…of having to put on their frock-coats before luncheon, and the fight for foods at the wedding-breakfast’

Question 5

’ “They’re they come!”…

Answer 5

…breathed the best man excitedly; but the bridegroom new better’

Question 6

‘such radiance streaming…

Answer 6

…from her that it sent a faint warmth through his numbness, and he straightened himself and smiled into her eyes’

Question 7

‘she turned to…

Answer 7

…him with a triumphant smile’