The guests take their places with all the ceremony of a formal banquet. The bride and bridegroom always have the precedence in the procession to the refreshment-room, and others take their position according to rank and age. It is customary for the married pair to leave, on the day of marriage, for a tour, and remain absent for a week, ten days, or even more. 

From: Bazar Book of Decorum. The care of the Person, Manners, Etiquette, and Ceremonials. 1873