Then came the suitors in, and took their places
All in a row. To each a table stands,
And golden bowl, one way look all their faces,
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The waiters bring in water for their hands.
The maids in baskets bring both bread and meat,
On which they lay their hands with great good will,
And heartily and hastily they eat,
And to the brim their cups the servants fill.

Then in came the proud wooers, and thereafter
[145] sat them down in rows on chairs and high seats.
Heralds poured water over their hands,
and maid-servants heaped by them bread in baskets,
and youths filled the bowls brim full of drink;
and they put forth their hands to the good cheer lying ready before them.