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The wedding was to be on the fifteenth . From the West Kate wrote that of course it was none of her affairs , particularly as neither of the interested parties was a relation , but still she should think that for a man in Mr. Arkwright 's position , nothing but a church wedding would do at all , as , of course , he did , in a way , belong to the public . Alice , however , declared that perhaps he did belong to the public , when he was Don Somebody-or-other in doublet and hose ; but when he was just plain Michael Jeremiah Arkwright in a frock coat he was hers , and she did not propose to make a Grand Opera show of her wedding . And as Arkwright , too , very much disapproved of the church-wedding idea , the two were married in the Annex living-room at noon on the fifteenth as originally planned , in spite of Mrs. Kate Hartwell 's letter . It was soon after the wedding that Bertram told Billy he wished she would sit for him with Bertram , Jr. . `` I want to try my hand at you both together , '' he coaxed . `` Why , of course , if you like , dear , '' agreed Billy , promptly , `` though I think Baby is just as nice , and even nicer , alone . ''