9781787375482 by Anonymous

9781787375482 by Anonymous

Author:Anonymous [Anonymous]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-29T00:00:00+00:00


Her hair had been divided that morning, not by a comb, but by the head of a lance, into six tresses that were plaited with colored ribbons. And about her head, beneath the veil, was the virgin's wreath woven out of the flowers she had herself picked—but the ill-omened cypress and the blood distilling androsoemum had been omitted.

And now with pipes and cymbals came the bridegroom attended by all his friends, to fetch the bride home. The house door was decorated with laurels, and incense smoked on the domestic altars, in the vestibule, and in the atrium. The boxes that contained the ancestral wax masks were open, and each face was wreathed about with flowers. Green lines connecting the boxes united all to one trunk forming a family tree. The household gods were not ignored, lamps burned before them, flowers adorned their heads, and cakes and wine were placed on shelves below them.



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