Marriage can be a form of temporary concubinage, lightly initiated, easily ended. Instead of lifelong union, it is, for many newly-weds, an introduction to serial polygamy.

Some slight noise had awakened Francesca, and opening her casement, she looked through the thick and misty air, and saw him riding slowly over the heath.

The plan looks good, but don't set it in stone until we have discussed it a bit more.

Most pullouts, then and today, are done by simply angling or pivoting the board up and over the wave crest.