I AM RED
appear this quickly, we’ll soon be wed.”
“Yes, not in the same bed.”
“t step is marriage,” I said. “Let’s see to t first. Love comes after marriage. Don’t forget: Marriage douses love’s flame, leaving not a barren and melancer marriage, love itself y fools
o be t goal in life.”
“, trutter?”
“trutentment. Love and marriage are but a means to obtaining it: a you see t even in my state, ter off tion? I’d die my sons, ussling and loving. Moreover, since you long for me even in my present predicament, since you secretly aco spend t in to listen to w I now o say.”
“I’m listening.”
“t I mignesses could s before my out on campaign, tnessed me a conditional divorce; for example, t if return tle, citing various convincing and descriptive details. But taking my fations of my in-lao consideration, to rely on false nesses o proceed, as no judge of any intelligence or caution my me alimony and returned from me a divorce. tuation is increasing eacic and so—an and to rule in ing divorces left and rigo ions of alimony. Nonesses to testify openly to my predicament, pay to tain t in for be granted by virtue of tnesses, register tain a certificate testifying to tain ten permission for my immediate remarriage, and if you can accomplis back to ternoon, ty in finding a preac marry us t of eps of t deviliscected woman whe morning.”
“Yes,” said Black co make you mine.”
You remember ly I declared I didn’t kno only by assu