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Rathunor was satisfied, never forgetting the Hierophant's sacred

words, and none other need be consulted. In their silent hearts

they wished the wedding might be private and the holy ceremony of

the Temple be performed by the High Priest. This, of course,

could not be owing to the station and position they occupied in

life, for the lives of a Princess and Prince are not wholly their

own, so to the public they must bow and pay obeisance.

Preparations for the wedding commenced at once, for it was to be

a grand affair. Nothing was to be spared that would add beauty

and grandeur to the occasion. Extravagant expenditures were

indulged in, until money seemed at a loss to supply more. The

trousseau was exquisitely magnificent and, on the wedding night,

the beaming radiance of the countenance of the Princess was

neither dimmed by the rich silks, nor the rare, priceless laces

and lovely jewels that glittered and sparkled with the living

spark of life within them, that adorned her form.