By that time Huldah, the little waif, who had earned for herself the
name of "the Brownie," had made for herself so many friends, that
when her wedding took place, so many wished to attend it, they had to
borrow the field opposite for the wedding-feast. And where she had
once sat and worked and dreamed of the future, there she sat now
flushed, smiling and happy, cutting the wedding cake which old Dinah,
with great pride, had made in the vicarage kitchen.
There she sat, with Dick close beside her, his old heart somewhat sad
with fear of another parting, Aunt Martha opposite, divided between
smiles and tears, and beside her her husband, who was not going to
divide them, but bind them more securely together; and last, but not
least, on Huldah's other hand sat Miss Rose,--no longer "Miss," but
always "Miss Rose" to everyone in Woodend,--who, if Huldah had been
the "brownie," had proved herself the fairy godmother, the best of
guides and friends to those two who had strayed into her life that
hot summer's morning years ago--those two poor loving, hungry,
friendless waifs,--Dick and the Brownie.
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