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Did your cousin die poor ? '' `` Time enough to hear about the troubles when to-morrow comes . I am not going to worry you with them to-night . '' The Wedding The day was as gloriously fine as the most exacting of brides could have wished for , and by noon the company were beginning to assemble . Some of the fishing boats were away , which was disappointing for the crews , although it is a little difficult to imagine how one extra person could have been squeezed into the congregation which later on crowded the store . Jervis came over the river very early in the morning , and , with the help of Miles and Phil , got the store ready to serve as a church for the occasion . Pails of lard with boards laid across served for seats in the centre of the floor ; barrels of pork , of beans , and of flour made a sort of dais or high seat all round the walls , on which the boys and the younger men might be accommodated .