`` Oh , it 's not that , dear child -- but I 'm not dressed -- I -- '' `` I 'll help you dress . And I wo n't go back without you . The guests and the minister must wait if necessary -- yes , even Romney must wait . Oh , I want you to meet Romney . Come , dear . '' And Miss Corona went . Charlotta and the bride got her into her grey silk and did her hair , and in a very short time she and Juliet were hurrying down the old field-path . In the hollow Meredith Gordon met them . `` Cousin Meredith , '' said Miss Corona tremulously . `` Dear Corona . '' He took both her hands in his , and kissed her heartily . `` Forgive me for misunderstanding you so long . I thought you hated us all . '' Turning to Juliet , he said with a fatherly smile , `` What a terrible girl it is for having its own way ! Who ever heard of a Gordon bride doing such an unconventional thing ? There , scamper off to the house before your guests come . Laura has made your roses up into what she calls ' a dream of a bouquet , ' I 'll take Cousin Corona up more leisurely . '' `` Oh , I knew that something beautiful was going to happen when the old rose-tree bloomed , '' murmured Miss Corona happily . The Josephs ' Christmas The month before Christmas was always the most exciting and mysterious time in the Joseph household . Such scheming and planning , such putting of curly heads together in corners , such counting of small hoards , such hiding and smuggling of things out of sight , as went on among the little Josephs !
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