A line of vases, filled with bouquets, occupied the middle of the table and between these were bottles of wine, _catalan, mescal, pulque, tepache_, beer, etc.

The ladies were already seated; we took the remaining seats.

The company consisted of the bride and groom, their parents, god-parents, families, and particular friends.

And then, we had a dinner which amply compensated for the thirty-six hours through which we had been fasting--good bread, soup, stews, broiled meat, _mole, mole prieto_, chicken, beans, sweetmeats, coffee, with the beverages before mentioned.

Dishes, when they came in, were politely passed across the table to the ladies opposite; no one ate till all were served, and when we were through, the place was cleared, and another room full of friends sat down to the bountiful repast.