Firstly 56 per cent (157) of the husbands denied their credit to wives who had eloped.
The maestro overhears gossip and immediately jumps to a skewed conclusion: the lovers have eloped, treacherously.
A household could refuse to take in a widow with children, for fear she would elope and leave the youngsters behind.
She had been telling girls that they should ignore the views of their parents and elope in marriage with the boys they liked.
As a result, many young couples could not afford a proper marriage and eloped.
Elders complained unceasingly about these trends, and dreaded the possibility of their daughters eloping.
Young lovers, watching their hopes of marriage fade, eloped, hoping to convince the woman's father to accept a reduced bridewealth or one paid in installments over time.
Her daughter eloped with her second husband, or so it was alleged.
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