At a bustling wedding entrance, competing brides and families collide when a guest bumps into a woman’s mother, smearing her tailor-made dress. The woman who says she introduced 'your daughter' to the Thorns accuses the other family of ingratitude, offers to replace the gown, and is rebuffed when the poorer family insists they're broke but will save up. Tempers flare as the mother cries humiliation. The groom arrives, a superstition warns an early meeting is bad luck, and the bride’s veil is suddenly missing, leaving the ceremony stalled.