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"I know your opinion No need to state it again"

Deirdre said, "When you took your vows, you were a ed Not you"

"I changed, as well," he said quietly

"Nevertheless," Ioan said, "you have devoted a thousand years to them A thousand years to your fa that if there was anyone who deserved to be happy--"

"And who says I’m not?" Carwyn smiled "Why is it that married people always think their friends can’t be happy unless they’re shackled as they are? Irritating children, you are Both of you"

Ioan turned his face up to Deirdre "Shackle me, my love"

Deirdre only rolled her eyes "Oh, for heaven’s sake"

"Best torture in the world, to be shackled to a beautiful woain Sign me up for another four hundred years, Father!"

Carwyn cleared his throat "Well, if the conversation has turned to shackles, I think that’s hed, and Deirdre punched her husband’s arh, both of you And, Ioan, Carill do whatever makes him happy Besides, when has he ever taken our advice about anything?"

"There was that tih, "is your ship leaving out of Dublin or Waterford?"

"Terry has a boat leaving Dublin, going to New York O’Brian is storing my bike foryou both when I’eles with B She says she has a safe place forout with Alvarez He owes me, anyway Why do you ask?"

For once, Deirdre looked unsure "I ondering if you’d have tiid Connor when you were in town She’s staying at Parliament House this summer, and I just wanted--"

"Deirdre" Ioan’s voice was a quiet warning

"What?" Carwyn saw her te the last ti in Dublin all su for summer term She’s very serious about her studies You torry too much"

"This is her first surooman"

"She’s twenty!"