I Forbid the Banns! — page 92: what you’re looking at

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82 ‘7 FORBID THE BANNS!” so trustworthy, perhaps, but still good enough for operatic purposes and full of point, and an apt illustration of what was on her mind. She wished that the voyage of the Carnarvon Castle was safely over. Even if they had not been attracted to one another by the peculiar circumstances of their meeting, they would, Miss Travers believed, have seen that they loved one another when they came together aboard the ship. Bertha Lancaster was adored by all the male passengers; Mr. Crawford confided to her the political significance oof the Walrus, as well as that of the Carpenter in “* Alice in Won- derland,” and was ready to accept any suggestion she might make on a matter which had caused him many nights of earnest speculation—namely, the identity of the Zur@e. Did she consider that the author’s aim was to symbolize the City of London, or did he actually mean to Satirize one eminent politician? The Zodster as an abstract principle was particularly susceptible of allegorical treatment, Mr. Crawford thought, and he should like to have Miss Lancas- ter’s views on a point which, if not delicately treated, might jeopardize the value of his work. Then the Parliamentary Nuisance confided to her his aspirations on ‘the subject of the international photo- graphic gallery, Cyril Southcote laid his choicest paradox at her feet, Captain Waring offered to teach her something of the general principles of poker, and Charlie Barham risked his prospect of eternal bliss by the enormity of the yarns he told her. The captain himself had, it was rumored, put the steamer off her course in order that Miss Lancaster might obtain the view of the island of Palma, for which she had expressed a longing. Yes, Miss Travers perceived that Bertha was adored by all the men belonging to the ship’s company ; though it was (CORMIEIOYOKS (EO)