 Lampson ended the meeting by saying "Quos deus vult perdere prius demntat" ("Those God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad").On 20 January 1938, Farouk married Farida in a sumptuous public event with Cairo lit up by floodlights and colored lights on the public buildings while boats on the Nile had likewise had colored lights, making the river seem a ribbon of light at night.Farida wore a wedding dress that Farouk had brought her, which was handmade in Paris and cost about $30,000 US dollars.