Excerpt from Kimono Once again Society paid for its seat at St George's and for its glass of champagne and crumb of cake with gifts Of gold and silver and precious stones enough to smother the tiny bride; but for once in a way it paid with a good heart, not merely in Obedience to convention, but for the sake Of participating in a unique and delightful scene, a touching ceremony, the plighting Of East and West. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.