Finally, Ona and Jurgis experience the joy of their wedding. Then they are faced with the horror of the debt that accrued from the event. Ona and Jurgis would have been fine without a lavish wedding, but Elzbieta would have none of it. The tradition in Lithuania was to have that type of event, and so they had it.
The day after the wedding is horrible. The adults are sick with worry about the debt they now owed, and little Stanislovas has indulged too much and feels physically ill. Still, they have to go to work. Knowing that interest has to be paid drives them all. Jurgis feels a deep need to deliver Ona from this life of hardship.
The house becomes totally infested with bugs. The family doesn't have enough money to buy effective.....
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