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It was her own evil assumptions that had done her in. She hadn't even considered the third possible explanation for his strange behavior—that he was a perfectly nice man, without an ounce of guile, just trying to be helpful. People helped people in California. Why hadn't she thought of that? She'd only been in New York a few weeks, and already she was turning hard and suspicious.

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Before the sun went down again, she realized, she would be in New York. The thought sent a nervous thrill through her entire body. Her throat was tight, her heart suddenly racing.

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Still feeling guilty, are we? I'd have thought you'd be over that by now.
I have a nettlesome little thing called a conscience, Emily hissed. Ever hear of it?
They're out of fashion in New York, Stanton said, and though she guessed she was joking, he didn't sound humorous.

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Having engaged in vigorous and passionate debate while on their honeymoon trip from New York, they had arrived at the startling—and rather liberating—conclusion that the marriage itself was not at all necessary. Stanton no longer had a name to give, and taking Emily's would have involved all the tedium of authority and nonsense they'd hoped to avoid. So, in the end, he had returned to her the simple gold band she had worn for so long, sliding it onto the ring finger of her new right hand. And she had given him a soft slow kiss. They were the only vows required.

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