He hoped he would be lucky enough to see Josephine--and then he hoped quite as sincerely that he would not see her, after all.

It would be easier to go without her clear eyes asking him why.
What he meant to do first was to find Rock, and see if he had been sober enough that night in Sunset to remember what happened at the marriage ceremony, and could give him some clue as to the woman's identity and whereabouts.

If he failed there, he intended to hunt up the preacher.

That, also, presented certain difficulties, but Ford was in the mood to overcome obstacles.

Once he discovered who the woman was, it seemed to him that there should be no great amount of trouble in getting free.