He had visited England on business, but his time there had been limited to a bare six weeks.

This fact had necessitated a brief wooing and a speedy marriage.
He had met the girl of his choice by a mere accident.

He had chanced to be seated on her right hand at a formal dinner-party in town.

Very little had passed between them then, but later, through the medium of his host, he had sought her out, and called upon her.

Within a week he had asked her to be his wife.