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Henry Fielding

When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.

Henry Fielding

Wedding

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Henry Fielding is saying that when widows loudly criticize remarriage, it usually means they have already planned to marry again themselves. In other words, their complaints are often a sign that their own second wedding is already arranged or very close to happening.

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