Foreign News: Wages & Hours

"Late at the wedding, lucky the bride," says the old saw.

"Nonsense," says the Vicar of Tewkesbury.

Impatient at brides who flirt with fortune by arriving at his church as much as twenty minutes late, the Rev. Brian Purefoy last week upped his organist's fees from two to four guineas. Prompt brides will get a two guinea refund.

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