“It may
not be,”
spake up
one of
those of
Emmet.
“The banns
have not
been duly
published,
neither is
there any
priest
here to
marry
them.”
“How sayst
thou?”
roared
Tuck from
the choir
loft. “No
priest?
Marry,
here
stands as
holy a man
as thou
art, any
day of the
week, a
clerk in
orders, I
would have
thee know.
As for the
question
of banns,
stumble
not over
that
straw,
brother,
for I will
publish
them.” So
saying, he
called the
banns;
and, says
