...their long black hair partly concealing them, with a mirror in one hand and a comb in the other, . . . appeared intent only upon adorning themselves, as though for some gay festival." "The victim sat in the little house on the bridge, accompanied by a female priest and her relatives. They...

...religion, to suffer the most horrible of deaths, while thousands of their countrymen looked on. . . . 3. The victims of this cruel superstition showed no sign...and queens of their late master in another world. . . . Round the deluded women stood relatives and friends. Even these did not view the ghastly preparations...