despite the chill damp and the clouds that had regathered overhead , at least half the gathering was here , dancing to the music of fiddle and mouth organ , descending locustlike on the groaning tables of delicacies , and drinking the health of the newlyweds-and the eventually-to-be-wed-with so much enthusiasm that if all such wishes were to take effect , roger , bree , jocasta , and duncan would each live to be a thousand , at least .