It seemed far-fetched to think of these things in connection with such a woman as Margaret.

He certainly never could grow tired of her, and her looks were of the sort that had staying power.

Nor was she in the least likely to be so ungrateful as to wish to be rid of him and hold him up for alimony.

Still--wouldn't it have been seemingly just as absurd to consider in advance such sordid matters in connection with any one of a dozen couples among his friends whose matrimonial enterprises had gone smash?
It was said that nowadays girls went to the altar thinking that if the husbands they were taking proved unsatisfactory they would soon be free again, the better off by the title of Mrs.and a good stiff alimony and some invaluable experience.

"I must keep my head," thought he.