Rembrandt Biblical Scene

Then we will start off to examine some farms on the other side of London that I have heard of,' he said, `and by March or April we will pay a visit to my father and mother.' ¡¡¡¡Questions of procedure such as these arose and passed, and the day, the incredible day, on which she was to become his, loomed large in the near future. The thirty-first of December, New Year's Eve, was the date. His wife, she said to herself. Could it ever be? Their two selves together, nothing to divide them, every incident shared by them; why not? And yet why? ¡¡¡¡One Sunday morning Izz Huett returned from church, and spoke privately to Tess. ¡¡¡¡`You was not called home this morning.' ¡¡¡¡`What?' ¡¡¡¡`It should ha' been the first time of asking to-day,' she answered, looking quietly at Tess. `You meant to be married New Year's Eve, deary?' ¡¡¡¡The other returned a quick affirmative.