William an Englishman Author:Cicely Mary Hamilton General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1920 Original Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 History / Military / World War I Social Science / Women's Studies Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing tex... more »t. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III AFTER the usual hesitations and excursions they had settled on their future home -- a tiny flat in Bloomsbury, central and handy for the perpetual getting about to meetings which was so integral a part of their well-filled, bustling lives. They furnished it lovingly and with what they considered good taste; Griselda brought in her friends to admire, and engaged a respectable woman who was to " do " for them and have all in readiness when they returned from their four weeks' honeymoon -- and they were as foolishly happy over their nest as any other loving little couple. They were married towards the end of July -- to be exact, on the twenty-third day of the month. The wedding took place in Balham from the house of Griselda's aunt; the ceremony was performed by an enlightened vicar who had consented to omit the ignoble vow of obedience; and the church was thronged to its doors with comrades and ardent sympathizers. The advanced Press spread itself over the description of the ceremony and -- in view of the fact that the bridesmaids, six in number, had all done time for assault -- even the Press that was not advanced considered the event worth a paragraph. The pair were snapshotted on leaving the church with the customary direful results, and the modest residence of Griselda's aunt could hardly accommodate the flood of progressive guests. There was rice and slipper- throwing and a whirl of good wishes -- and Gri- selda, flushed, looked pretty, and ...« less