Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
girl with a pearl earring vermeer
Gustav Klimt Kiss painting
Head of Christ
¡¡¡¡Mr. Barkis and Peggotty were a good while in the church, but came out at last, and then we drove away into the country. As we were going along, Mr. Barkis turned to me, and said, with a wink, - by the by, I should hardly have thought, before, that he could wink: ¡¡¡¡'What name was it as I wrote up in the cart?' ¡¡¡¡'Clara Peggotty,' I answered. ¡¡¡¡'What name would it be as I should write up now, if there was a tilt here?' ¡¡¡¡'Clara Peggotty, again?' I suggested. ¡¡¡¡'Clara Peggotty BARKIS!' he returned, and burst into a roar of laughter that shook the chaise. ¡¡¡¡In a word, they were married, and had gone into the church for no other purpose. Peggotty was resolved that it should be quietly done; and the clerk had given her away, and there had been no witnesses of the ceremony.
oil paintingShe was a little confused when Mr. Barkis made this abrupt announcement of their union, and could not hug me enough in token of her unimpaired affection; but she soon became herself again, and said she was very glad it was over. ¡¡¡¡We drove to a little inn in a by-road, where we were expected, and where we had a very comfortable dinner, and passed the day with great satisfaction. If Peggotty had been married every day for the last ten years, she could hardly have been more at her ease about it; it made no sort of difference in her: she was just the same as ever, and went out for a stroll with little Em'ly and me before tea, while Mr.