ch
did the same. Two gentlemen, and a pair of ladies to correspond--friends
of the family, no doubt; up went the steps, bang went the door, off went
the first class-coach, and up came the second.

The street door opened again; the excitement of the whole row
increased--Mr. Robinson and the eldest Miss Willis. 'I thought so,' said
the lady at No. 19; 'I always said it was _Miss_ Willis!'--'Well, I
never!' ejaculated the young lady at No. 18 to the young lady at No.
17.--'Did you ever, dear!' responded the young lady at No. 17 to the
young lady at No. 18. 'It's too ridiculous!' exclaimed a spinster of an
_un_certain age, at No. 16, joining in the conversation. But who shall
portray the astonishment of Gordon-place, when Mr. Robinson handed in
_all_ the Miss Willises, one after the other, and then squeezed himself
into an acute angle of the glass-coach, which forthwith proceeded at a
brisk pace, after the other glass-coach, which other glass-coach had
itself proceeded, at a brisk pace, in the direction of the parish church!
Who shall depict the perplexity of the clergyman, when _all_ the Miss
Willises knelt down at the communion-table, and repeated the responses
incidental to the marriage service in an audible voice--or who shall
describe the confusion which prevailed, when--even after the difficulties
thus occasioned had been adjusted--_all_ the Miss Willises went into
hysterics at the conclusion of the ceremony, until the sacred edifice
resounded with their united wailings!

As the four sisters and Mr. Robinson continued to occupy the same house
after this memorable occasion, and as the married sister, whoever she
was, never appeared in public without the other three, we are not quite
clear that the neighbours ever would have discovered the real Mrs.
Robinson, but for a circumstance of the most gratifying description,
which _will_ happen occasionally in the best-regulated families. Three
quarter-days elapsed, and the row, on whom a new light appeared to have
been bursting for some time, began to speak with a sort of implied
confidence on the subject, and to wonder how Mrs. Robinson--the youngest
Miss Willis that was--got on; and servants might be seen running up the
steps, about nine or ten o'clock every morning, with 'Missis's
compliments, and wishes to know how Mrs. Robinson finds herself this
morning?' And the answer always was, 'Mrs. Robinson's compliments, and
she's in very good spirits, and doesn't find hers