Chapter 28 THE BRIDAL

Cari. I will not die; I must not. I am contracted

To a young gentleman.

Executioner. Here's your wedding-ring.

Duchess of Malfy.

Slowly did the train descend; solemnly and in silence, as if the rites at which they were about to assist had been those of funereal, and not of nuptial, solemnization. Indeed, to look upon those wild and fier