During the marriage ceremony, in the brilliantly illuminated building, among the crowd of elegantly dressed women and girls and men in evening dress with white ties, or in uniform, conversation in the low tones required by propriety never flagged. It was usually started by the men, for the women were absorbed in watching every detail of the service, which always fascinates them.
E durante il rito nuziale, nella chiesa illuminata a giorno, fra le donne adornate, le fanciulle e gli uomini in frac e cravatta bianca e in uniforme, non veniva mai meno un discorrere convenientemente sommesso, tenuto vivo soprattutto dagli uomini, mentre le signore erano prese dallo studio di tutti i particolari della cerimonia che sempre le commuove tanto.