The Brahmins prohibit the remarriage of widows, but in 1856 Lord Canning legalized it, and that was one of the causes of the mutiny.

After a brief review of the troubles of the Brunners, and reference to their divorcement, the article announced their recent remarriage.

Hindus borrowed the Zenana system from their conquerors, who imitated them in discouraging widow-remarriages.