shootingstar
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Dr. Gibbs: I was remembering my wedding morning, Julia.
Mrs. Gibbs: Now don't start that Frank Gibbs.
Dr. Gibbs: I was the scaredest young fella in the State of New Hampshire. I thought I'd make a mistake for sure. And when I saw you comin' down that aisle I thought you were the prettiest girl I'd ever seen, but the only trouble was that I'd never seen you before. There I was in the Congregational Church marryin' a total stranger.
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(Thornton Wilder, Our Town, Act II)
My trouble is that I doubt the underlined sentences. I'm wondering if something like that could have happened in the US respectively New Hampshire even if that took place in the late 19th century. That doesn't even look like the American way of life. Maybe this was due to certain customs and traditions of the Congregational Church at the close of the 19th century I'm not familiar with.
Dr. Gibbs: I was remembering my wedding morning, Julia.
Mrs. Gibbs: Now don't start that Frank Gibbs.
Dr. Gibbs: I was the scaredest young fella in the State of New Hampshire. I thought I'd make a mistake for sure. And when I saw you comin' down that aisle I thought you were the prettiest girl I'd ever seen, but the only trouble was that I'd never seen you before. There I was in the Congregational Church marryin' a total stranger.
. . .
(Thornton Wilder, Our Town, Act II)
My trouble is that I doubt the underlined sentences. I'm wondering if something like that could have happened in the US respectively New Hampshire even if that took place in the late 19th century. That doesn't even look like the American way of life. Maybe this was due to certain customs and traditions of the Congregational Church at the close of the 19th century I'm not familiar with.
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