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Emands upon her. The great difficulty in arranging for an early marriage
lay in securing a minister to perform the ceremony. Directly the waters
were open, Jervis sent men with mails to Maxohama, with instructions to
bring back a clergyman with them--the bishop if they could get him; but
if he were not available, that is, if his spring visitation had not
begun, then some other clergyman must be secured. He also sent a letter
to Mr. Selincourt, urging that gentleman's speedy return, stating as his
reason the necessity there might be for his own absence when the fishing
commenced. When the men had gone there were other preparations to be set
afoot, and, although five weeks might possibly elapse before the men
returned with the clergyman, arrangements for the ceremony had to be set
about without delay, because there was so much to be done. A wedding in
that out-of-the-way place was such an extraordinary occasion that
everyone at Seal Cove and Roaring Water Portage would expect an
invitation, so preparations must be made to welcome and entertain the
entire population. Katherine would have much preferred to be quietly
married in their sitting-room, with no one but her own people to look at
her; but Mrs. Burton protested loudly at this, and even Jervis took
sides with her, saying that everyone would surely be disappointed if
shut out. "But you don't mean to ask everyone?" exclaimed Katherine. "I
expect everyone will want to come," Jervis replied, with a shrug of his
broad shoulders. "Do you mean to ask Oily Dave, Bobby Poole, and all
that lot?" she cried in dismay. "If they will come I shall be delighted
to see them," he answered gravely. "But Oily Dave----" she began, then
stopped as if she had no words adequate to the expression of her
feelings. "Tried to kill me once