“Yes, but——”

“That settles it. You can’t honeymoon by yourself, can you?”

She thought him delightfully ridiculous. But a faint misgiving persisted:

“About your novel,” she began,—and he laughed and said:

“Well, what about it?”

“When will you begin again?”

“How long will our honeymoon last?”

“That isn’t fair——”

“Yes, it is. How long, Eris?”

She laughed at his absurdity: “Forever, with me,” she said. “So you might as well begin work now as later.”