“Better not do that,” Lily remarked. “Pearls mean tears.”
“I am sure that these lovely pearls mean something very different and I am not afraid or superstitious. I shall wear them because it is through you I have found so much happiness.”
She blushed a little as she spoke and saw the smile fade from Lily’s face.
“Wear them then,” she said sharply, “but don’t say I haven’t warned you.”
“Really, Lily,” George Bedlington remarked, “you speak as if you expect Cornelia to be unhappy.”
“All brides weep on their honeymoon,” Lily replied evasively. “It is an emotional time. Do you remember how often I cried on mine?”
Cornelia smiled, but thought that her aunt was being foolish and, very thrilled with her pearls, took the first opportunity of going upstairs to show them to Violet.
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