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know it she looks extremely ridiculous
Of course, now that the missionaries have introduced European marriage customs, a great many of these native rites and ceremonies are done away with, a Christian native's marriage being conducted on the same lines and subject to the same rules as a white man's, the bride even adorning herself with cheap (in quality, but not in [Pg 87] price) white finery, with the orthodox wreath and veil, in which, poor creature, did she but know it, she looks extremely ridiculous.
— from Basutoland: Its Legends and Customs by Minnie Martin


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