when he fell asleep the girl was released from his grasp and taken to the Sultan’s
palace, where she was married off straightway to one Mat Arshad. Mat Taib had
his revenge, for within a year he amoked at Bandar, where Mat Arshad lived,
killing the latter and wounding Wan Dêna.
“Panjat ’adat is a less lawless proceeding. A man who is in love with a girl, the
consent of whose parents or relations he cannot obtain, sends his kris to their
house with a message to the effect that he is ready with the dower, presents, etc.,
doubled according to custom, and that he is ready to make good any demands
they may make.
“The kris is symbolical of the violent entry, which in this case is dispensed with.
If the girl’s guardians are still obdurate they send back the kris, but with it they
must send double the amount of the dower offered by the man.^102 ”