Breen and her mother rode with her in the carriage to the church,
and Jack and Ruth helped her alight, but she might have been made
of stone so far as she evinced either sorrow or interest in what
was taking place about her. And yet nothing had been omitted by
friend or foe expressive of the grief and heart-felt sorrow the
occasion demanded. Holker Morris sent a wreath of roses with a
special letter to her, expressing his confidence in and respect
for the man he had brought up from a boy. A committee was present
from the Society of Architects to which Garry belonged; half a
dozen of his old friends from the Magnolia were present, Biffy
among them; the village Council and the Board of Church Trustees
came in a body, and even McGowan felt it incumbent upon him to
stand up during the service and assume the air of one who had been
especially bereft. Nor were the notices in the country and city
papers wanting in respect. "One of our most distinguished
citizens--a man who has reached the topmost round of the ladder,"
etc.
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