Go Away Chris
The weather cooperated in the grudging way of early summer weather, overcast for most of the morning and then clearing at midday as though it had remembered its responsibilities.
I stood beside Mara while she married Tom in a ceremony that was warm and specific to who they were, with vows that made several people cry, including Mara herself, which she had predicted and still seemed surprised by when it happened.
Afterward, at the reception, I sat at the table with Chris on one side and Diana on the other, which was a configuration that required some diplomatic attention but which worked better than expected largely because Diana had appointed herself an authority on the floral arrangements a