wrangles
of
mediaeval
schoolmen
over
metaphysical
terms that
nobody had
ever
understood.
A stormy
discussion
as to
whether
the
wedding
presents
should be
“shown”
had
darkened
the last
hours
before the
wedding;
and it
seemed
inconceivable
to Archer
that
grown-up
people
should
work
themselves
into a
state of
agitation
over such
trifles,
and that
the matter
should
have been
decided
(in the
negative)
by Mrs.
Welland’s
saying,
