The Color of Forever
“The ceremony was a simple affair in the Cape Elizabeth Chapel, with only our closest friends and family in attendance. This included my parents, a few special aunts and uncles, Sebastian’s sisters and their families from Portland, and Mr. Harvey, the lighthouse keeper.
I wore a white velvet wedding gown with a fur muff instead of flowers, and a matching mantle of soft white rabbit fur. After the ceremony, our guests and the minister followed us to Sebastian’s home for an intimate reception and dinner, where toasts and speeches were delivered. Then we all danced until midnight to ring in the New Year.
Much champagne was consumed, but it did not dull my senses, for I was jubilant the whole night long, and not the least bit tired when it came time to say goodnight to our guests and retire to my husband’s bedchamber. As man and wife—at last.
o0o The first day of 1879 dawned majestically before my eyes, for I was transformed.
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