And thus was Apollo, the ancient god of poetry and music, sent about his business.
Years passed on, the married pair settled down quietly, and their life of happiness went on pleasantly.

The honeymoon had long since passed.
Jasmin had married at twenty, and Mariette was a year younger.
When a couple live together for a time, they begin to detect some little differences of opinion.

It is well if they do not allow those little differences to end in a quarrel.

This is always a sad beginning of a married life.
There was one thing about her husband that Mariette did not like.

That was his verse-making.