“You never gave me one.”
“It was not for me to give it to you.”
“Who then should?”
“The minister who performed the service should have given it to you.”
“Why did he not, for I was young and thoughtless?”
“I will tell you why he did not do so.”
“Why?”
“Because he had no right to do so, for he was no minister.”
“Heaven have mercy upon me!”
“Not even Heaven will be merciful to one who cannot show her certificate of marriage.”