But I might have known you would hardly need them.

If you had only arrived a few days sooner, you might have been present at the ceremony." "Ceremony?
There was a ceremony ?" "My dear Aunt!" "The Church service ?" "My dear Aunt!" "In a church ?" "Not exactly a church.

You see it was rather late in the evening.

The care-taker had gone to bed.

In fact we had to get the Rector out of his." "Bern's!" "He didn't mind.