all price.

Then came the magnificent Youantee, and the peerless Chaoukeun, seated
in the massive car of gossamer richly studded with the eyes of live
humming birds, drawn by twelve beautiful blue loadstars, presented by
the heavenly bodies to the brother of the sun and moon.

Twenty thousand young men, beautiful as angels, clad in the skins of the
black fox, and playing upon ivory jews'-harps, all mounted upon
coal-black steeds.

Twenty thousand niggers, ugly as devils, clad in the skins of the white
polar bear, and sounding mellifluous cat-calls, all mounted upon pure
white Arabian horses.

All the first-class mandarins of the celestial empire, turning up their
eyes to heaven, and wishing that the procession was over.

All the second-class mandarins of the celestial empire, choked with
dust, and wishing the procession at the devil.

Twenty millions of the people, extolling the liberality of the great
emperor, and crying out for bread.

Ten millions of women, who had lost their children in the crowd, and
were crying out bitterly in their search.

Ten millions of children who had lost their mothers in the crowd, and
were crying out bitterly till they found them.

The remainder of the inhabitants of the celestial empire.

Such was the grand and pompous marriage procession, which employed the
whole population, so that there were no spectators except three blind
old women, who were so overcome with delight that, when it had passed,
they bowed their heads and died.

Ti-tum, tilly-lilly, ti-tum, tilly-lilly, ti-tum, ti.

The procession arrived at the palace, and the pearl of price was now his
bride, and the heart of Youantee was oppressed with love. Upon a
jewelled throne they sat, side by side; but what was the blaze of the
diamonds, compared to one glance from her lightning eye? What were the
bright red rubies, compared to her parted coral lips--or the whiteness
of the pearls, when she smiled, and displayed her teeth? Her arched
eyebrows were more beautifully pencilled than the rainbow; the blush
upon her cheek turned pale with envy every rose in the celestial
gardens; and in compassion to the court, many of whom were already
blind, by rashly lifting up their eyes to behold her charms, an edict
had been promulgated, by which it was permitted to the mandarins and
princes attending the court, to wear green spectacles to save their
eyes. The magnificent Youantee was consumed with love as with a raging
fever, a