Zelda was startled into a grin; of course she had always assumed that this would eventually end in marriage - they had discussed eloping before coming up with this strategy- but it was another thing to hear it out loud. "I'm looking forward to it," Zelda said. She would be Mrs. Darrow, and they would have a little house by the sea so that Alfred wouldn't get too antsy.

"I think I'll be able to handle it," she said, "As long as you send me letters, of course."

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