Henri was more relieved to hear that than he expected to be, feeling a bit more of the weight on his shoulders float away. They would have made it work, he told himself. Perhaps it had not felt that way yesterday, but if they had been forced, they would have found a way.

“I am grateful, my love,” he said, clasping her hands in his. “And now we are here, and we are together. That is the most important thing of all."