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nor to delay the time of becoming the wife
of him who is destined for her. No regard
is paid to any affections or attachments on her part.
In most cases the young woman obtains
an elderly man and it may be he's one or two
rivals to contend with. Should her parents
as their natural guardians die before
she is of an age to marry, it may happen that
her intended husband puts her under
the guardianship of the wife, or one of the wives
he possesses. These early betrothals are
made sometimes for a [indecipherable] or by
intrigue, it may be threats, also at
a later age similar schemes are had