Chapter 1
It was four o\'clock when the ceremony was over and the carriages began
to arrive. There had been a crowd following all the way, owing to the exuberance
of Marija Berczynskas. The occasion rested heavily upon
Marija\'s broad shoulders—it was her task to see that all things went in
due form, and after the best home traditions; and, flying wildly hither
and thither,
It was four o\'clock when the ceremony was over and the carriages began
to arrive. There had been a crowd following all the way, owing to the exuberance
of Marija Berczynskas. The occasion rested heavily upon
Marija\'s broad shoulders—it was her task to see that all things went in
due form, and after the best home traditions; and, flying wildly hither
and thither,