----But there is a better reason still, said my father (dipping his pen into his ink); for the ox being the most patient of animals, and the most useful withal in tilling the ground for their nourishment, --was the properest instrument, and emblem too, for the new joined couple, that the creation could have associated with them. 
'But there is a better reason,' said my father (dipping his pen into his ink); 'for since the ox is the most patient and useful of animals, 'twas the best emblem for the new joined couple.'
