She toldhim that their marriage needed to be raised to another level and sheproposed that he be her wife. She slid the ring on his finger, and itbecam... the mate to his gold wedding band.Thinking about it now, he looked at his polished nails and the ring, hethought about Helen pushing it on his finger. "There, now you are trulymy bride. You have an engagement ring and a wedding band."Frankie felt like a bride as he twirled in front of the mirror. He woretwo inch navy heels, practical daytime. 5 times the speed of light. Just before the body runs out, the lasers shut off so they do not harm the capsule. The capsule has an internal guidance mechanism, which will be no larger than a 16th of an inch in circumference. It is my fervent hope Mister Schneider doesn’t kill you grandpa.’ ‘You kept saying the body. We put behind that, what is it going to be Newton?’ ‘We haven’t decided yet.’ ‘Is it going to be a heavy metal?’ ‘Grandpa would I do that to you?’ ‘No Newton, but your mother. "Yes, darling Dalzeil. I love you so much and nothing would make me as happy as being your wife. Yes. I will marry you." We finished our breakfast and Marilyn with mischief in her eyes took me back to bed to celebrate our engagement.As it happened I was scheduled to have Sarah with me next weekend. Marilyn was eager to meet her."Bring her down, please Dal. I have plenty of room." I was a little dubious, and would have preferred to book the Travel Inn. I wondered about the propriety of sleeping. Both of them knew what the evening would bring but neither of them openly spoke of it.They chatted together about the weekend as they ate, Joe admitting to Jenny that he spent most of his time thinking about her and worrying about her. Jenny told him how much she enjoyed her stay with John and Susan and how she hoped they would all become good friends soon. Joe didn't tell her that he was already, very good friends with them.When Jenny tried to pour herself a second glass of wine, he stopped.