Christmas day at two o'clock
That is the musician 's soul , but it is not daily food . '' Her eyes are blind with tears , and she is glad to rise with the crowd and go . Gertrude Grandon 's brief engagement is shortened by nearly a fortnight on account of a literary meeting at Chicago that the professor must attend . So Christmas day at two o'clock they go to church , Gertrude in dark blue cloth , that is extremely becoming , and fits her tall , slender figure to perfection ; just under the brim of her bonnet are two pale-pink crush roses , the only tint of color . No one could imagine so much improvement possible . Floyd gives her away also . He has endeared her by many kindnesses , but the last is placing her present and possible fortune in her hands .