<P> Prior to the ceremony, Pam accidentally tears her veil and tearfully phones Jim . They meet in private, where Pam expresses shame at her appearance due to being pregnant . Pam is visibly uplifted when Jim cuts his tie in half in an effort to console her, and says she regrets inviting their families and the office staff . They run away from the church together . </P> <P> While everyone in the church wonders where they went, Michael and Helene begin to bond over their failed relationships . Dwight callously rebuffs Isabel's attempts at further contact . The rest of the office staff grow impatient, bickering about their right to take their gifts back . </P> <P> Jim and Pam finally return to the church after an hour with no explanation of their absence, and the ceremony begins . The guests interrupt the ceremony by recreating the dance routines featured in the JK Wedding Entrance Dance . Jim and Pam react with uncharacteristic good humor, having already been married on board the Maid of the Mist IV ferry boat by the ship's captain, below the falls . Jim explains to the camera that he had prepared the ferry marriage in advance after seeing the video, predicting the guests might imitate it . </P> <P> When Kevin leaves his only pair of shoes in the care of hotel staff, the management decides to incinerate them as a health hazard, and he replaces them with Kleenex tissue boxes . The end of the episode shows Kevin soothing his feet in the ice machine . While he speaks to the camera crew, Helene is seen pulling Michael into her hotel room . </P>

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