OOM: In Paris

So, back to Paris, where Marius is almost inclined to pretend that their adventure to Milliways never happened. But of course, such a thing is not so easily forgotten-- and there is a little stack of messages in his desk that he must deliver very soon.

First, he must talk to his wife.

It feels like weeks that he mulls over what to say and when and how, but in truth it is only a day or two after they have returned to Paris, in their bedroom one evening, that he says, "You know, all-- all my friends spoke so highly of you."