But the men remain in their quarters, and the women in theirs. At noon a heavy breakfast is served. They dance, they sing songs, indecent enough in themselves, but tolerated in the East on such occasions. More tea, more ices, more sherbet, more sweets. The bride meanwhile goes to the bath, whither she is accompanied by many of the ladies, the friends and near relatives of the family.
Dinner is served on the same lavish scale as the breakfast.
And now there is a hum of suspense. Then the bride appears, carefully veiled in a huge sheet of pink and spangled muslin. She goes to the door and mounts a gayly-caparisoned horse. All the male guests join the procession. Lighted cressets full of blazing embers are carried on high poles to lead and light the way.