The Patel then asks why the cocoanut has been brought, to which one of the bride's supporters replies "It is for the betrothal of the daughter of Zeid with Omar."

The Duke of Edinboro' had passed over the road a few days before, on his way to St. Petersburg, for his betrothal to the only daughter of the czar, and the decorations were for him; and so we felt that we were of the party, although we had not been asked.

In 1474 Lorenzo devised for his brother Giuliano a tournament in the Piazza of S. Croce very like that which Piero had given for Lorenzo on the occasion of his betrothal in 1469; and Botticelli was commissioned by Lorenzo to make pictures commemorating the event.

Oh, love, let me hold you to my heartlet me seal our betrothal with a kiss!' 'Betrothalno, no; not for the world,' cried Lesbia.

But their purchase as servants was their betrothal as WIVES.

LIXIR OF LIFE By Honore de Balzac THE AGE FOR LOVE By Paul Bourget MATEO FALCONE By Prosper Merimee THE MIRROR By Catulle Mendes MY NEPHEW JOSEPH By Ludovic Halevy A FOREST BETROTHAL By Erckmann-Chatrian ZADIG THE BABYLONIAN By Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire ABANDONED By Guy de Maupassant THE GUILTY SECRET By Paul de Kock JEAN MONETTE

"I have my defence to make to Father Francesco, too," she said to herself, "for hurrying on this betrothal against his advice; but one must manage a little with these priests,the saints forgive me!

There had been a secret betrothal between Fisher and Miss Danvers; and singularly enough, the momentous question and answer had been given in the very ravine leading to my upper dell!

For Constanze, who had torn up the contract of betrothal on a previous occasion, had not been the girl to take money into account.

But this had now disappeared, and either party could break off the betrothal at pleasure without prejudice.

It was a few weeks after the childish betrothal among the huckleberry hills, and Frank had come up to spend a week with a boy friend of his, who lived across the river.