The wedding concluded quickly amid a sense of masculine camaraderie and relief, with Buccleuch, his friends, and his newlywed son hurriedly heading off to join Lord Culter and Francis Crawford to continue their fight against the English. The womenfolk's stern looks followed them, highlighting a stark contrast between the men's hardy support for the cause and the emotional undercurrent of the wedding day.
"Sentimentally, Will Scott thought, it made his wedding-day perfect," capturing his feeling of unrestrained joy as he rode through the rain-soaked landscape. His physical description—cantering through bracken, with leaves on his clothes and a mixture of anger and happiness—illustrates his passionate, spirited nature amid the tumult of his life and loyalties.