The SUFFERING was awful but I did n't mind that as much as being scared ma would n't take me to the wedding . But she says I can go and I 'm going . I know that I am a HARD-LOOKING SIGHT , but it is n't anything catching . I am writing this so that you wo n't get a shock when you see me . Is n't it SO STRANGE to think your dear Aunt Olivia is going away ? How you will miss her ! But your loss will be her gain . '' ` Au revoir , '' ` Your loving chum , SARA RAY . ' '' `` That poor child , '' said the Story Girl . `` Well , all I hope is that strangers wo n't take her for one of the family , '' remarked Felicity in a disgusted tone . Aunt Olivia was married at five o'clock in the orchard under the late apple tree . It was a pretty scene . The air was full of the perfume of apple bloom , and the bees blundered foolishly and delightfully from one blossom to another , half drunken with perfume . The old orchard was full of smiling guests in wedding garments . Aunt Olivia was most beautiful amid the frost of her bridal veil , and the Story Girl , in an unusually long white dress , with her brown curls clubbed up behind , looked so tall and grown-up that we hardly recognized her . After the ceremony -- during which Sara Ray cried all the time -- there was a royal wedding supper , and Sara Ray was permitted to eat her share of the feast with us . `` I 'm glad I was stung by the wasps after all , '' she said delightedly . `` If I had n't been ma would never have let me eat with you . She just got tired explaining to people what was the matter with my face , and so she was glad to get rid of me . I know I look awful , but , oh , was n't the bride a dream ? ''
We missed the Story Girl , who , of course , had XXXXX have her supper at the bridal table ; but we were a hilarious little crew and the girls had nobly kept their promise to save tid-bits for us .
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