Chapter 6

           

           Whentheceremonyofplightingtrothwasover,thebeadlespreadbeforethelecterninthemiddleofthechurchapieceofpinksilkenstuff,thechoirsangacomplicatedandelaboratepsalm,inwhichthebassandtenorsangresponsestooneanother,andthepriestturningroundpointedthebridalpairtothepinksilkrug.Thoughbothhadoftenheardagreatdealaboutthesayingthattheonewhostepsfirstontherugwillbetheheadofthehouse,neitherLevinnorKittywerecapableofrecollectingit,astheytookthefewstepstowardsit.Theydidnotheartheloudremarksanddisputesthatfollowed,somemaintaininghehadsteppedonfirst,andothersthatbothhadsteppedontogether.

           Afterthecustomaryquestions,whethertheydesiredtoenteruponmatrimony,andwhethertheywerepledgedtoanyoneelse,andtheiranswers,whichsoundedstrangetothemselves,anewceremonybegan.Kittylistenedtothewordsoftheprayer,tryingtomakeouttheirmeaning,butshecouldnot.Thefeelingoftriumphandradianthappinessfloodedhersoulmoreandmoreastheceremonywenton,anddeprivedherofallpowerofattention.

           Theyprayed:“Endowthemwithcontinenceandfruitfulness,andvouchsafethattheirheartsmayrejoicelookingupontheirsonsanddaughters.

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