9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for February 09, 2016

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Edda: He...knelt before you? Do you know what that means? Woman: I'm not fresh off the boat. Woman: but i've never seen a kneeling man aimed right at me before. In my parent's world, his parents would approach mine, and livestock would be exchanged. Edda: Very romantic. Edda: And ultimately, according to custom, his parents pay mine a large sum of money. Woman: They buy you? Edda: My mother thinks of me as beyond price. Woman: You're free? and you act as if my customs sound tawdry.