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True enough! They were both in their twenties, so I suppose there was a certain lack of maturity on both sides.

ETA: In going back over that chapter, I see that he did apparently ask her about it, and she told him the bare bones but not the whole story. She expected him to trust her, and he expected her to explain every last detail. A pity that there weren’t any marriage counsellors around at the time!