There were too many factors working against romance , as even Rilla had to admit . In the first place , Miranda , in spite of her dress and veil , was such a flat-faced , commonplace , uninteresting little bride . In the second place , Joe cried bitterly all through the ceremony , and this vexed Miranda unreasonably . Long afterwards she told Rilla , `` I just felt like saying to him then and there , ` If you feel so bad over having to marry me you do n't have to . ' But it was just because he was thinking all the time of how soon he would have to leave me . '' In the third place , Jims , who was usually so well-behaved in public , took a fit of shyness and contrariness combined and began to cry at the top of his voice for `` Willa . '' Nobody wanted to take him out , because everybody wanted to see the marriage , so Rilla who was a bridesmaid , had to take him and hold him during the ceremony . In the fourth place , Sir Wilfrid Laurier took a fit . Sir Wilfrid was entrenched in a corner of the room behind Miranda 's piano . During his seizure he made the weirdest , most unearthly noises . He would begin with a series of choking , spasmodic sounds , continuing into a gruesome gurgle , and ending up with a strangled howl . Nobody could hear a word Mr. Meredith was saying , except now and then , when Sir Wilfrid stopped for breath . Nobody looked at the bride except Susan , who never dragged her fascinated eyes from Miranda 's face -- all the others were gazing at the dog . Miranda had been trembling with nervousness but as soon as Sir Wilfrid began his performance she forgot it . All that she could think of was that her dear dog was dying and she could not go to him . She never remembered a word of the ceremony . Rilla , who in spite of Jims , had been trying her best to look rapt and romantic , as beseemed a war bridesmaid , gave up the hopeless attempt , and devoted her energies to choking down untimely merriment . She dared not look at anybody in the room , especially Mrs. Dead Angus , for fear all her suppressed mirth should suddenly explode in a most un-young-ladylike yell of laughter . But married they were , and then they had a wedding-supper in the dining-room which was so lavish and bountiful that you would have thought it was the product of a month 's labour . Everybody had brought something .
Mrs. Dead Angus had brought a large apple-pie , which she placed on a chair XXXXX the dining-room and then absently sat down on it .
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