Oliver's Travels1995

WPC Diane Priest:
I want to ask big questions. Questions I have to ask myself. Like: will I take this man as my un-lawful, un-wedded husband, even as far as Hadrian's Wall.

Oliver:
Oh, we have to go *much* further than that. We have to travel far beyond the wall.

WPC Diane Priest:
That's why it's a big question.

Oliver:
All you have to do is say "yes". Wilt thou take this man?

WPC Diane Priest:
And wilt thou take this woman?

Oliver:
It's predestination. What else should we consider?

WPC Diane Priest:
Forsaking all others.

Oliver:
All the others have forsaken me. So it isn't really a live issue.

WPC Diane Priest:
And there's nobody for me to forsake.

Oliver:
How about worldly goods. There are some people feel very strongly about worldly goods.

WPC Diane Priest:
Haven't got any. Have you?

Oliver:
Purely for the record, a little house in south Wales, full of books, records and compact discs.

WPC Diane Priest:
And a head full of trivia.

Oliver:
All yours. And thereto I plight thee my troth.

WPC Diane Priest:
They had that one at *my* wedding, too. I never knew what it meant. Didn't like to ask.

Oliver:
To "plight" is to pledge or promise. Your "troth" is your loyalty and fidelity. So it's a pledge of loyalty and fidelity.

WPC Diane Priest:
All right. I plight thee my troth.

Oliver:
[sounding amazed] You do?

WPC Diane Priest:
From this day forward.

Oliver:
As long as we both shall live.

WPC Diane Priest:
As long as it takes to get to the Orkneys.

Oliver:
I will.

WPC Diane Priest:
I will.

[Oliver kisses Diane's hands]