Joe soon arrived in his uniform and a state of violent excitement , accompanied by his best man , Sergeant Malcolm Crawford . There were quite a few guests , for all the Manse and Ingleside folk were there , and a dozen or so of Joe 's relatives , including his mother , `` Mrs. Dead Angus Milgrave , '' so called , cheerfully , to distinguish her from another lady whose Angus was living . Mrs. Dead Angus wore a rather disapproving expression , not caring over-much for this alliance with the house of Whiskers-on-the-moon . So Miranda Pryor was married to Private Joseph Milgrave on his last leave . It should have been a romantic wedding but it was not . 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 XXXXX the ceremony .
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