Besides, he wanted schooling in war.

Why had he married! His love for her was the answer; and her beauty argued for the love.

But possessing her, he was bound to win her a name.

So his reasoning ran to an accord with his military instincts and ambition.

Nevertheless, the mournful strange fact she recalled, that they had never waltzed together since they were made one, troubled his countenance in the mirror of hers.