A Fragmented Tale of Marriage Customs and Idolatry
The piece recounts disparate, cautionary vignettes about marriage rites and dowries with a legal tone. It references a Mexican wedding custom, a lengthy alcalde’s permission ritual, and the burdens of the groom, alongside a Chinese god factory visit by a Methodist missionary. The text closes with a frenzied meditation on religious fervor and a preacher’s imagined thunderous pulpit.
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