Mary smiled. "Yes. But I have not married you because I was told to. I don't know how long it took me to realise what I felt for you. I never expected it, you see. I would marry Patrick, or some other eligible man I met in London or Cliveden and gain a position and so on, but I - I never imagined being this happy to be married to any of them."
She used her hands to pull him down, closer to her. She kissed him softly, smiling against his lips. She didn't seem to be able to stop.