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From time immemorial lovers never did have any sense ; and when those lovers are such irresponsible flutterbudgets as Billy and Bertram -- ! `` And such a wedding ! I could n't do anything with _ that _ , either , though I tried hard . They had it in Billy 's living-room at noon , with nothing but the sun for light . There was no maid of honor , no bridesmaids , no wedding cake , no wedding veil , no presents -LRB- except from the family , and from that ridiculous Chinese cook of brother William 's , Ding Dong , or whatever his name is . He tore in just before the wedding ceremony , and insisted upon seeing Billy to give her a wretched little green stone idol , which he declared would bring her ` heap plenty velly good luckee ' if she received it before she ` got married . ' I would n't have the hideous , grinning thing around , but William says it 's real jade , and very valuable , and of course Billy was crazy over it -- or pretended to be -RRB- .