day to be postponed until her birthday. Mr. Fiedler told me that Pastor Kavel said that he didn't know whether he was allowed to be present at my engagement because he didn't know whether I also had permission from my society. This displeased me right from the start because Pastor Kavel's speech presupposes that a society can have the right ( 166 ) to prohibit marriage, and after Br. Teichelmann's attention, even more so because Pastor Kavel thinks I can pull off a boy's prank. Krummnow did deny that he had caused Schlinke to make the accusation; But Kleinschmidt assured that Schlinke himself said: The matter was unpleasant to him and he would not have undertaken it if Krummnow and Schlinke had not presented it to him as necessary. And Bauer saw the Klemzig church order in Schlinken's hands and also heard from Kramer(159) that Krummnow had given Schlinke instructions on how he had to start the matter.

Br. Teichelmann spoke again this evening in favor of Schlinke and to my annoyance, so I ordered him to remain silent.

November 22nd, 1839.
Since I knew that Bertha would be coming to Adelaide today, I also did some business in the city at that time; namely, I went to the police station to speak to Mr. Edwards(160); Unfortunately he was away and [Mr] Stewart(161) knew nothing about the houses in Encounter Bay. Afterwards I asked about my hair broom. When I got out of town I wanted to go to Rowland's(162) area in the hope of meeting Bertha there somewhere, but lo and behold, I met the fair woman at Hack's(163). Then we went to the Waterloo House(164) to buy rings, but the jeweler didn't have any, however he directed us to Wainwright(165) ( 167 ), who had plenty of supplies. Bertha acted very bashfully, but she allowed herself to adjust her ring; hers cost only a pound; He wanted to recommend a colorful one to me for two pounds, but Bertha said they had to be the same, so I also took one for one pound. After she had done some business, she put her basket on the cart and led the way across the bridge with me; where I led her to the natives, who asked me if she was my wife. A woman asked me if my soul was angry (turla)? After I received a sweet kiss from her [Bertha], I led her back onto the path, where we soon met some Klemzig women and soon afterwards the car and we had to separate.

Mr. Bauer told me that Pastor Kavel would hold a service tomorrow, the 23rd Sunday after Trinity, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon in Stow's chapel; a very fraternal undertaking on his part.

November 23rd, 1839. Sunday.
This morning at 9 a.m. we had service again for the first time after a break of several months, in Br. Teichelmann's house. He read the first reflection from Porst's(166) "Growth of the Reborn"(167). After the service was over, the Kleinschmidts went to Klemzig. My joy of soon having Bertha as my betrothed bride was made very bitter today by Preacher Kavel. When Bertha reported for