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The Living Link by James De Mille
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Then the clergyman said:

"Leon, wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together
after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love
her, comfort her, honor, and keep her in sickness and in health; and
forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall
live?"

The bridegroom answered, in a whisper,

"I will."

"Edith, wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband, to live together
after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou obey
him and serve him, love, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health;
and forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both
shall live?"

Edith tried to say "I will," but only an unintelligible sound escaped
her.

Then the clergyman went on, while the bridegroom repeated in a whisper
these words:

"I, Leon, take thee, Edith, to my wedded wife, to have and to hold, from
this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in
sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part,
according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth."

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