Custom is not to be changed by a wise An, any more than it is changed by a wise Community, without the greatest deliberation, followed by the most earnest conviction.

It is only thus that change ceases to be changeability, and once made is made for good." When we regained the house, Aph-Lin summoned some of the children in his service and sent them round to several of his friends, requesting their attendance that day, during the Easy Hours, to a festival in honour of his kinsman's recall to the All-Good.

This was the largest and gayest assembly I ever witnessed during my stay among the Ana, and was prolonged far into the Silent Hours.
The banquet was spread in a vast chamber reserved especially for grand occasions.

This differed from our entertainments, and was not without a certain resemblance to those we read of in the luxurious age of the Roman empire.

There was not one great table set out, but numerous small tables, each appropriated to eight guests.