"You sure are," he mumbled.
"Of course there are parts of the old mythology that seem rather interesting—beautiful, even—"
"It's not mythology."
"Like the part that deals with marriage."
She waited. Mark dutifully echoed, "Deals with what?"
"Marriage."
Mark considered it. Then he shook his head. "What's that?"
"See?" she taunted him. "You don't know everything like you think you do. Marriage," she explained, "was a sort of cooperative agreement that the ancient people were supposed to have entered into."
"Sure, just like I said," Mark stated with assurance. "Hundreds of people did it. They got involved in this marriage agreement, and made war on each other with it."
"What a dope. Marriage was an agreement between just two people. And that much I might believe. Hundreds is too much."