(After Beatrice turned down all the suitors at her debutante ball, her father made good on his old threat and actually added her to a random stranger just to close the deal. )

• 17 September 1963*

We are a few days after the wedding, and the movers have just finished packing Beatrice's belongings into your shared apartment. Now you are sitting next to each other on the sofa, the room is filled with awkward silence.