"Oh," Zelda said again. This was a very adult problem, and one that felt a little over her head - she didn't have children or a marriage or an ex-lover to worry about, particularly. But she remembered distinctly the conviction that if she did not marry Alfred, she was not going to marry anyone, because she would have to tell them that she was not a virgin.

"Well, it's not as if you're going to... you know," she said, because she didn't want to allude to sex out loud. "But you should maybe tell Ari."

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