But his eyes returned to his bride-to-be, from whom he removed his gaze with reluctance to-night.
Everybody congratulates him and offers the bride-to-be good wishes for her happiness.
Now, as you can imagine, in the morning there was a great uproar in the palace when it was discovered that the Prince's beautiful bride-to-be had disappeared.
The bride-to-be was young and quite pretty.
When he returned to his sitting-room he found his bride-to-be arranging her hat at the old mirror which had reflected her before.
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I was very ill as a result and mybride-to-bewas not at all amused.
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Our chief desire is to prevent a man, who is a fit and proper person to marry, and who has suddenly to go overseas, from leaving hisbride-to-beunmarried.
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The youngbride-to-beloses her nerve and flees to a secret hideout.
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At one time, these were an indispensable part of the trousseau of abride-to-be.
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It has also become common for a similar party to be held for thebride-to-be.
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She was due to be married one day during the 1930s, but her fianc didn't show, leaving thebride-to-beembarrassed and broken-hearted.
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The prince defends hisbride-to-befrom her sister's attack, and they grow closer.
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Formally, a party in honor of thebride-to-beis never hosted by thebride-to-be, although she may participate in its planning.
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Dinners and cocktail parties, which provide comfortable opportunities for participants to talk or to give intimate advice to thebride-to-be, are common.
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The interactions are generally negative, exposing the featuredbride-to-beas uncontrollable, bullying, emotional and using whatever means necessary to get what she wants.
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While proposing a toast to thebride-to-beis common at most bachelorette parties, some center on drinking games.
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Before the wedding ceremony, thebride-to-betakes a ritual bath and dresses in clothes provided by her maternal uncles, in which she is wed.
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Parties that honored thebride-to-bewithout these elements avoided that label.
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They can not even be used in hyphenated words such as "bride-to-be".
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They meet a youngbride-to-bein a state of despair because she has lost their wedding bands right before the wedding.
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