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Within a deep alcove, inclosed by a balustrade, stands a bed its gilt cornice reaching to the ceiling, heavily curtained. This is the nuptial-chamber of the Guinigi. Within that alcove, and in that bed, generation after generation have seen the light. Not to be born in the nuptial-chamber, and in that bed within the ancestral palace, is not to be a true Guinigi.
It is the duty of the bride to remain perfectly mute and apparently unconcerned at all the pretty speeches addressed to her by the bridegroom and his friends until the nuptial-chamber is entered later in the evening. Previous to this, however, the bridegroom is taken away into the men's apartment, while, on the other hand, the wife is led into the ladies' own room.
The middle-men either the fathers or others are entitled to assist at the first-night business, and to report to the relations and friends whether the marriage is to turn out a happy one or not. They generally act their part behind a screen placed for the purpose in the nuptial-chamber.
She was silent and preoccupied; but she was not displeased. The one dominant passion of her soul the triumph of the Guinigi name was now attained. Now she could bear to think of the grand old palace at Lucca, the seigneurial throne, the nuptial-chamber; now she could gaze in peace on the countenance of the great Castruccio. No spoiler would dare to tread these sacred floors.
A Corean marriage How marriages are arranged The wedding ceremony The document In the nuptial-chamber Wife's conduct Concubines Widows Seduction Adultery Purchasing a husband Love Intrigue Official "squeezing" The cause. Among the several misfortunes, or fortunes, if you prefer the word, with which a Corean man has to put up is an early marriage.
After being arrayed in the fashion just mentioned, and having gone through a good deal of feasting, husband and wife are led off to the nuptial-chamber. Here, numerous straw puppets, which had better be left undescribed, are placed, with a certain implication, which need not be explained.
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