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As for Charles the First , he was about the best man in history . '' This was an old subject of dispute ; but Lily on the present occasion was allowed her own way , -- as being an invalid . The fourteenth of February in London was quite as black , and cold , and as wintersome as it was at Allington , and was , perhaps , somewhat more melancholy in its coldness . Nevertheless Lady Alexandrina De Courcy looked as bright as bridal finery could make her , when she got out of her carriage and walked into St. James 's church at eleven o'clock on that morning . It had been finally arranged that the marriage should take place in London . There were certainly many reasons which would have made a marriage from Courcy Castle more convenient . The De Courcy family were all assembled at their country family residence , and could therefore have been present at the ceremony without cost or trouble .