The Boer grandmother doggedly made her way forward until she was standing 
in the middle of the Bund. The leader of the Celestial column stepped toward 
her, covering her with some kind of projectile weapon built into one arm of his 
suit and waving her aside with the other. The Boer woman carefully got down on 
both knees in the middle of the road, clasped her hands together in prayer, and 
bowed her head.