would still be committing bigamy.”
At that she laughed.
“I must really be careful,” she said.
“I only want to fix in your mind the absolute finality of that early morning wedding in the Castle of San Juan. It makes matters easier.”
“To my thinking it makes them most complex.”
“Not at all. You and I have only reversed the usual procedure. Commonplace folk meet, fall in love, go through a more or less frenzied period of being engaged, and, finally, get married. We began by getting married. Circumstances beyond our control stopped the natural progression of the affair, but I suggest that the frenzied part of the business might well start now.”
He caught her left hand and held it. She did not endeavor to withdraw it, but he was startled by her seeming indifference. Still, being a determi
