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The day after the ball Clarice returned from New York, and the following morning several messenger boys were busy going from house to house with the little square envelopes, the meaning of which the recipients knew before they opened them, and read:
Mrs. James Percy / requests the honor of your presence / at the marriage of her daughter, / Clarice Isabel, / to / Mr. Paul Ralston, / on Thursday Evening, August -- , 18-, / at eight o'clock. / St Luke's Church, Oak City.