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188 THE ISLES AND SHRINES OF GREECE
the same to the best man. The reading from the
liturgy which followed was prolonged until I feared
that my good friend the archimandrite was going to
read through the whole volume. But the end finally
came. The priest, as described on page 140, took
the hand of the best man, and the best man that of
the groom and the groom that of the bride; together
they went three times round the table, the company
meanwhile pelting the pair with candies. The step
was not a march nor a waltz, so much as a walk; the
early dance has lost its elasticity in this service, just
as it is fashionable in these days to walk out cotillions
instead of dancing them.
The service was over and the members of the
family and guests came up and congratulated the
wedded pair, kissing the check of the bride and
also her wreath, while the young man was kissed by
the more intimate friends. Sweet wine was passed
around, and bon-bons tied up in a gauze bag were
given to each guest. The health of husband and
wife was of course drunk, and it was an act of
gallantry for a young man to step up to some young
lady present, and with glass in hand to say '2 ret
Slko. eras, " Here is to your own wedding," though
Mr. Joseph Jefferson would translate it a little more
elaborately.
I regret that Mavilla was not present to give a
detailed account of the bride's dress. It was not
wholly of white, but had spangles and flowers
wrought into its texture. Orange blossoms adorned
both dress and coiffure.
Was this a Christian service, or a pagan one?
A little of both. The constant use of the number
the same to the best man. The reading from the
liturgy which followed was prolonged until I feared
that my good friend the archimandrite was going to
read through the whole volume. But the end finally
came. The priest, as described on page 140, took
the hand of the best man, and the best man that of
the groom and the groom that of the bride; together
they went three times round the table, the company
meanwhile pelting the pair with candies. The step
was not a march nor a waltz, so much as a walk; the
early dance has lost its elasticity in this service, just
as it is fashionable in these days to walk out cotillions
instead of dancing them.
The service was over and the members of the
family and guests came up and congratulated the
wedded pair, kissing the check of the bride and
also her wreath, while the young man was kissed by
the more intimate friends. Sweet wine was passed
around, and bon-bons tied up in a gauze bag were
given to each guest. The health of husband and
wife was of course drunk, and it was an act of
gallantry for a young man to step up to some young
lady present, and with glass in hand to say '2 ret
Slko. eras, " Here is to your own wedding," though
Mr. Joseph Jefferson would translate it a little more
elaborately.
I regret that Mavilla was not present to give a
detailed account of the bride's dress. It was not
wholly of white, but had spangles and flowers
wrought into its texture. Orange blossoms adorned
both dress and coiffure.
Was this a Christian service, or a pagan one?
A little of both. The constant use of the number