The River Rose Page 35
Clint and Jeanne chose to use the old Episcopal wedding vows.
I, Jeanne Langer Bettencourt, take thee, Clinton Hardin, to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth.
Clint held a plain gold band and took Jeanne's left hand.
With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
And then he added softly, "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine."