“I thought that nothing could be more appropriate, and I hope, Sir Priam, you will agree that Corena and I should be married in Delphi!”
For a moment there was absolute silence.
Then Corena gave a little cry of sheer joy.
“Do you mean it – do you really – mean it?”
“It is possible,” Lord Warburton replied, “because every Missionary, as your father well knows, carries with him a consecrated stone.”
He saw that Corena did not understand and explained,
“This means that he can conduct marriages, baptise children and give Holy Communion in any place, as long as the stone is with him.”
He took Corena’s hand in his as he said,
“We can be married in the Temple of Apollo or, if you prefer, my darling, which I think is more appropriate to you, the Temple of Athena.”
“That, as it happens, wo
