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Laura Lee Guhrke
Wedding
Of the
Season
Dedication
In loving memory of
Dixilyn Helen Noh
May 1, 1957—December 11, 2009
The truest friend anyone could ask for.
I miss you, Dixi.
And for her sister,
Kristen Helen Noh
December 13, 1963—December 11, 2009
And for their father,
Richard Noh
October 9, 1930—December 11, 2009
May God be with all of you. Rest in peace.
Prologue
The Earl of Danbury
Requests the honor of your presence
At the marriage of his daughter,
Lady Beatrix Elizabeth Anne,
To
William James Mallory,
The Marquess of Richfield,
Son of the Duke of Sunderland
On Tuesday,
The fifteenth day of September, 1896
At half past twelve o’clock
St. Mary’s Church
Stafford St. Mary, Devonshire
From Mrs. Delilah Dawlish, journalist, in her weekly column for the society newspaper Talk of the Town, Monday, 7 September 1896:
My dears, a little bird has confirmed that the wedding of the season has been called off! Great tact and delicacy are being employed on both sides, needless to say, but this intrepid columnist is undaunted by such trifles. The call to truth and the people’s right to know demand that I pass along the exclusive details to you.
Lord Richfield has been invited to accompany that great and learned archaeologist Sir Edmund
Tavistock, to Egypt, and Lady Beatrix has freed him from their engagement. This columnist can only conclude that Lord Richfield finds searching for Egyptian mummies a more fascinating occupation than matrimony.
Poor, poor Lady Beatrix. One can only imagine what she must be suffering. We weep for our sister woman in her devastating humiliation. And if this reporter learns any more of the delicious details,
I promise that you, my dear readers, will be the first to know.
—D.D.
Letter from Mr. Anthony Hale, Esquire, of the law firm Hale, Spencer and Teague, to William
James Mallory, Ninth Duke of Sunderland, dated Wednesday, 21 November, 1900:
My Lord Duke,
My deepest sympathies on
Wedding
Of the
Season
Dedication
In loving memory of
Dixilyn Helen Noh
May 1, 1957—December 11, 2009
The truest friend anyone could ask for.
I miss you, Dixi.
And for her sister,
Kristen Helen Noh
December 13, 1963—December 11, 2009
And for their father,
Richard Noh
October 9, 1930—December 11, 2009
May God be with all of you. Rest in peace.
Prologue
The Earl of Danbury
Requests the honor of your presence
At the marriage of his daughter,
Lady Beatrix Elizabeth Anne,
To
William James Mallory,
The Marquess of Richfield,
Son of the Duke of Sunderland
On Tuesday,
The fifteenth day of September, 1896
At half past twelve o’clock
St. Mary’s Church
Stafford St. Mary, Devonshire
From Mrs. Delilah Dawlish, journalist, in her weekly column for the society newspaper Talk of the Town, Monday, 7 September 1896:
My dears, a little bird has confirmed that the wedding of the season has been called off! Great tact and delicacy are being employed on both sides, needless to say, but this intrepid columnist is undaunted by such trifles. The call to truth and the people’s right to know demand that I pass along the exclusive details to you.
Lord Richfield has been invited to accompany that great and learned archaeologist Sir Edmund
Tavistock, to Egypt, and Lady Beatrix has freed him from their engagement. This columnist can only conclude that Lord Richfield finds searching for Egyptian mummies a more fascinating occupation than matrimony.
Poor, poor Lady Beatrix. One can only imagine what she must be suffering. We weep for our sister woman in her devastating humiliation. And if this reporter learns any more of the delicious details,
I promise that you, my dear readers, will be the first to know.
—D.D.
Letter from Mr. Anthony Hale, Esquire, of the law firm Hale, Spencer and Teague, to William
James Mallory, Ninth Duke of Sunderland, dated Wednesday, 21 November, 1900:
My Lord Duke,
My deepest sympathies on