10837. As regards betrothals and marriages among the inhabitants on that planet, they declared that a daughter of marriageable age is kept at home and not allowed to go out till the day on which she is to be married. She is then taken to a house where couples are paired off, to which a number of other young women ready for marriage have been brought. There they are placed behind a partition that comes up to the middle of their body, so that only the upper part of it and their face are exposed. Then young men come there to choose a wife; and when a young man sees someone compatible with himself, to whom his mind feels attracted, he takes her by the hand. If she then follows him he leads her to a house prepared for them, and she becomes his wife. For on that planet when people look at others' faces they can tell whether they are of a like mind, since everyone's face there is an indicator of his mind; there is no pretence or falsity in their faces. To ensure that everything is done in a proper way, without any lewdness, an old man sits behind the virgins, and an old woman to the side, who keep watch. There are many places such as this to which young women are taken to be chosen by young men; and there are also appointed times for this. For if a young man does not find a young woman who suits him in one place he goes to another; and if he does not see one then, he comes back on a subsequent occasion. Those to whom I was speaking also said that a husband has only one wife and never a number of them, since this is contrary to Divine order.