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"The dispensation will render our e lawful and valid," Gabriel explained to Pandora, "as long as we allow the priest to ‘set before you’ the necessity of wifely obedience"

Pandora had frowned "What does that mean?"

"It means you have to stand there and pretend to listen while the priest explains why you should obey your husband As long as you don’t object, it will be iree with him"

"But I won’t have to promise to obey? I won’t have to say the word?"

"No"

She had s both pleased and contrite "Thank you I’o to sohis arrin "What would I do with a meek and submissive Pandora? There would be no sport in that"

Obviously theirs had been no ordinary courtship, and the need for an expedient wedding was obvious But as te as the idea of an elopement had been, Gabriel had rejected the idea With all the newness and uncertainty Pandora faced, she had needed the cos on her wedding day When Devon and Kathleen had offered the use of the chapel at their estate, Gabriel had agreed immediately

It hadceremony in Haht, just off the southern coast Often referred to as "the garden of England," the sardens, woodlands, tidy coastal villages, and an assortment of inns and luxurious hotels

But as they approached the island, its charms appeared to be lost on his ilowering at the picturesque town rising steeply froame has to be stocked in stores in time for the Christmas holiday"

"Anyone else in our circumstances would honeymoon for at least a month," Gabriel pointed out "I’ve only asked for a week"

"But there won’t be anything to do"