When the seclusion ended, the small hut was set aflame, as custom required, and time was at hand for him to dance.

As custom required when all was in order, he reached out with his left hand to set one tablet in Dimgalabzu's right.

Letitia arrived amid a crowd of whispered jokes and comments and stifled laughter, but Robert's companions stayed straight-faced, as custom required.

But local customs required asking permission, and that seemed ridiculous at such a time.

The new customs required new forms: soup tureens for soups and stews and sauceboats for rich sauces.

This again was a formality, so Nyuk Tsin replied, as custom required, "I have eaten, but how about you?"

He bent and kissed her much harder than custom required.

Once on his father's 'Shraddh' - day of paying homage to the deceased- she flung the 'pind' - ball of wheatflour - in a sewage pit, rather than the sacred Ganga, as custom required.

She'd covered the windows of their farmhouse and draped all mirrors and glassware with white cloths, as custom required.

He politely offered Grassione and his men the use of his yacht as their headquarters and home while in St. Louis, as custom required.