# How the Bells Rang Out at Darrington explained — When Charles the First Was King

> Chapter companion for When Charles the First Was King by J. S. Fletcher.

## What happens

Will Dale awakens on his wedding day to find the house bustling with preparations. He retrieves a buried box containing Philip Lisle's guinea and the preserved flowers from Rose, then joins Ben Tuckett for the wedding procession to Darrington church. The double wedding of Will and Rose, and Ben and Lucy, takes place with great ceremony, followed by a feast and dancing. The chapter concludes with the departure of guests and a brief epilogue summarizing the later lives of Ben and Lucy.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Courtship

The chapter culminates in the double wedding of Will and Rose, and Ben and Lucy, celebrating the fulfillment of their courtships.

### Family and Heritage

Jacob Trusty speaks of four generations of Dales, and Will retrieves the buried tokens from his past, linking his wedding to family history.

## Character check-ins

### Will Dale

The groom; retrieves the buried box with the guinea and flowers, marries Rose Lisle.

### Ben Tuckett

The other groom; marries Lucy, later becomes Mayor of Pontefract.

### Rose Lisle

The bride; marries Will Dale, becomes mistress of Dale's Field.

### Lucy

The bride; marries Ben Tuckett, mother of twelve children.

### Jack Drumbleforth

Master of ceremonies; escorts one of the brides and organizes the procession.

### Jacob Trusty

Gives Will his blessing, decorates horses, and gives Rose away at the altar.

## Key lines

> I took a spade and went to the corner of the garden where, many a year before, I had buried the little box containing Philip Lisle’s guinea and the primrose which Rose had given me at my first parting from her.

Will dug up a box he had buried long ago, which held Philip Lisle's coin and the primrose Rose gave him when they first parted.

_Will retrieves sentimental tokens from his past on his wedding morning._

> So Ben and I took up our places, and our friends stood round us, and presently appeared Jack and Tom leading the brides, and the Vicar began the solemn service that was to make us one for life.

Ben and Will stood at the altar, and soon Jack and Tom escorted the brides in, as the vicar commenced the wedding ceremony.

_The double wedding ceremony begins._

> And when he came to that part where it is necessary that someone should give the woman to the man, I stayed him and beckoned Jacob Trusty to come forward, and it was Jacob’s hand that put my wife’s in mine.

When the vicar asked who gave the bride away, Will called Jacob Trusty forward to place Rose's hand in his.

_Jacob Trusty gives Rose away at the wedding._

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