This fine couple were named Darby and Joan by the missionaries.
Their home was in the African rain forests. That fact is subsidiary to the salient one, namely that Darby and Joan had been in a faithful, life long relationship as tribal leaders in their jungle kingdom.
Prince Darby was not wearing his gold braid when this photo was taken, nor Queen Joan her crown and ermine cape yet everything that was said yesterday about Philip and Elizabeth is pertinent to our Pygmy friends.
An old German proverb reads thus:
"A blind wife and a deaf husband make for a perfect marriage"
I suspect that old Darby chose not to hear quite a lot over the years; likewise Joan must have had wonderfully selective eyesight.
As far as she is concerned Brad Pitt himself has got his arm around her.
Their simple dignity caused me to select them for this morning's BWI.
I hope they blessed you and made you thankful for your own marriage.
Jubilate.
Ian
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