Preparing for Wedding Part 2

Ernest hauled the library door open.

Arthur swept into the room wearing an immaculate morning coat, a bottle of champagne tucked beneath his arm and an armful of broadsheets clutched in his hand.

"Congratulations once more to the happy couple!" Arthur bellowed, dumping the newspapers onto the library table with a loud rustle.

"You congratulated us three times yesterday afternoon, Arthur," Ernest said, crossing his arms.

"I remain profoundly jubilant on behalf of the syndicate," Arthur beamed, popping the wire cage off the champagne cork with a thumb.

Ernest glanced at the broadsheets. Every front page carried variations of the same massive headline:

BARON TEUCHER BETROTHED TO LADY ELEANOR VALEMONT

THE IRON MAGNATE YIELDS TO MATRIMONY

The Morning Post had gone so far as to commission an engraved illustration of Eleanor's ring that looked roughly the size of a pigeon's egg.