She laid her hand lightly on his arm. He could feel that it was trembling slightly.
"Please don't say anything against him," she said. "It's happened. And it's not going to unhappen. And I'm going through with it for better or worse . . . and he loves me. He really does love me, and that's all that really matters—isn't it?"
Edward laid his hand warmly over hers. "But Alice, dear," he said, "you're not happy—and that is all that really matters."
