Well, let me just say that I was up all night... No sooner had we entered the nuptial chamber than the racket started. Eudora's friends beat on the door, sang lusty songs, made obscene jokes, and on and on. When Eudora and I finally dozed off, you might know those songs would start up again. Several men returned at dawn and joined the Pannuxis, the maidens who stayed awake outside the door all night, to wake us. Their songs celebrated Eudora's new status as a wife, and I'm betting that she will be a mother by the Saturnalia!

I think that the final part of the ceremony today is receiving the stream of wedding gifts, or epaulia, sent by Eudora's relatives and friends: dishes, unguents, garments, combs, chests, perfume jars, fancy slippers, cases, perfumed oils, and soaps. They may also include the dowry, but I don't think that anything will surpass what Senex gave us... this house. I am a very happy man and a lucky one!

Eudora and I thank you especially for being a witness to our marriage and for expressing your hopes for our happiness.