Note 165 — XXIV. MISS A-PAO; OR, PERSEVERANCE REWARDED.
Herbert Allen Giles translation
They are supposed never to see each other before the wedding-day; but, after careful investigation of the subject, I have come to the conclusion that certainly in seven cases out of ten, the intended bridegroom secretly procures a sight of his future wife. I am now speaking of the higher classes; among the poor, both sexes mix almost as freely as with us. return to text