But, perhaps, I should have known then, I should have known that night, standing in the kitchen, that foul meat in the air- looking back on it now, I see that it was the end and the beginning of something more than dinner. More than ruined appetite, a postponed meal, a marriage strained, a freezer unplugged. I could smell the death between them. Laura Kasischke
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Marian Keyes writes about an event that takes place during a traditional Irish wedding. A guest is preparing to leave the wedding reception and is looking back at the meal he had just enjoyed. He realizes that his meal was spoiled by a foul meat that had been left in the kitchen overnight. He can still smell it and knows there is no going back now.

This event takes place during a traditional Irish wedding and symbolizes the beginning of a marriage. If a guests doesn’t realize this at this moment, he will always regret it.

Source: White Bird In A Blizzard

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