Mr Otis liked the young Duke very much as a person, but he did not like the idea of his daughter becoming an aristocrat.
Also, he said that he was - in his words - 'worried that while she is living the life of a pleasure-loving aristocrat, Virginia will forget the true and serious ideas of the Republic in which she was born.'
Anyway, I believe that when he walked into the church of St George's, in Hanover Square in London, with his daughter on his arm, he was the proudest man in the whole of England.
After the honeymoon was over, the Duke and Duchess went down to Canterville Chase. On the day after their arrival they went for a walk in the afternoon to the lonely churchyard by the pine-wood.
At first no-one had been sure about what should be written on Sir Simon's tombstone, but finally it had been decided to simply put the initials of Sir Simon's name, and the verse from the library window.
Objections: Reasons why you do not like something Overruled: When someone more important gives different orders On his arm: In English tradition a father brings his daughter to her wedding
Honeymoon: The holiday you take immediately after getting married Tombstone: The stone above where someone is buried Initials: The first letters of your first and second name
