It was a very proper wedding. The bride was elegantly dressed the two bridesmaids were duly

her mother stood with salts in her hand, expecting to be agitated her aunt tried to cry (MANSFIELD PARK) When she looked at the pictures, she hardly remembered being there. It was a very nice wedding, people said afterward, and the minute they said it, Prudie realized she hadnt wanted a very nice wedding. Shed wanted something memorable. They should have eloped and never told anyone. But it was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding.