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`` I do n't , if you do n't . But Diana and the rest are planning -- '' He laughed . `` I want the whole world to see you , and I want all the bells to ring , and I want to run away afterward with you , and to have our honeymoon last forever . '' So they were married from Diana 's , at high noon , and as the bride descended the stairway , a sigh of admiration went up from the waiting guests . Her costume had been copied from an old painting , and emphasized her likeness to those medieval Venetian beauties whose blood ran in her veins . Her veil was caught back , cap-fashion , from her face , then fell to her feet . The silken thinness of her gown was weighted with silver embroideries .