How could Admetus let his noble wife go unattended to the grave?

Second SemichorusBefore the gates I see no lustral water from the spring, as custom doth ordain should be at the gates of the dead, no shorn lock lies on the threshold, which, as thou knowest, falls in mourning for the dead, no choir of maidens smites its youthfulDindorf restores νεαλὴς for νεολαία, a doubtful word, apparently not used as an adjective. Cf. Liddell and Scott. palms together.

First SemichorusAnd yet this is the appointed day.Second SemichorusWhat meanest thou by this?