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"Embrace me then, ye hills, and close me in; / Now in the dear and open day I feel / Your guardianship; I take it to my heart; / 'Tis like the solemn shelter of the night. " / -- WORDSWORTH (The Recluse).
The wedding-day was fixed, and Melicent lived in an atmosphere of wedding presents and dressmakers.