He had come around the table to her side, and was kneeling with his arms about her, and Rachael locked her hands about his neck.  He was tired, he had had no sleep after the difficult night, and he seemed to her strangely broken, strangely her own.  Rachael felt that he had never been so infinitely dear, so much hers to protect and save.  The wonder of marriage came to her, the miracle of love rooted too deep for disturbance, of love fed on faults as well as virtues; so light a tie in the beginning, so powerful a bond as the years go by.

“As long as we love each other!” she said, smiling through tears, her eyes piercing him to the very soul.

He did not speak, and so for a moment they remained motionless, looking at each other.  But when she released him, with one of her quick, shy kisses, he knew that the heart of Rachael was satisfied.

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