Let there be assembled together at least three women, and let them sit behind a curtain or screen, so as not to be seen.

Each woman must be accompanied by her husband, or her father, or brother or son, if he be a Unitarian.

The Dai in reading must keep his eyes fixed on his book, neither turning towards the place where the women are, nor casting a glance towards it, nor listening to them.

The woman, moreover, must not speak a word during the reading, and whether she is affected by a transport of joy, or moved by an impression of respect and fear, she must carefully abstain from showing her feelings either by smiles or tears.

For the smiles, the tears, and the words of a woman may excite man's passions.