“What is that?” the Priest enquired.
“I wish to be married secretly and I have brought you my future wife knowing that you will be as kind and as welcoming to her as you have always been to me.”
The Priest held out both his hands to Malva and said,
“I cannot imagine anything that I would enjoy more than marrying my dear Royden to someone as beautiful as you, my child.”
Malva smiled and blushed a little.
“Thank you,” she murmured. “Royden has told me how kind you have always been to him.”
“He has been very good to me and we have often talked of his future,” the Priest replied. “He has always told me that he would never marry anyone, but now I have seen you I know why he has changed his mind!”
Malva smiled.
“Thank you for the nice things you are saying and Royden will explain why we
