For Thou art a faithful Creator, Who wishes good to His children and not evil, and at the last Thou wilt give them that good if they do but trust in Thee through daylight and through darkness.

Now let no man dare to put asunder those whom Thou hast joined together, O Lord God Almighty, Father of us all.
Amen." So he prayed, and all the company echoed that Amen from their hearts.
That is all except one, for Henri Marais turned his back on us and walked away.
"So," said Retief, wiping his brow with the sleeve of his coat, "you are the last couple that ever I mean to marry.

The work is too hard for a layman who has bad sight for print.

Now kiss each other; it is the right thing to do." So we kissed, and the congregation cheered.
"Allan," went on the commandant, pulling out a silver watch like a turnip, "you have just half an hour before we ride, and the Vrouw Prinsloo says that she has made you a wedding meal in that tent there, so you had best go eat it." To the tent we went accordingly, to find a simple but bounteous feast prepared, of which we partook, helping each other to food, as is, or was, the custom with new-wedded folk.

Also, many Boers came in and drank our healths, although the Vrouw Prinsloo told them that it would have been more decent to leave us alone.