'It's Just Something to Consider, Is All

He asked her why they should marry. She let out a sound, a type of choked laughter. It's just something to consider, is all. Won't you think about it? There's no reason you shouldn't live here instead of paying rent. Neither one of us is getting any younger. And there's no reason why we couldn't have a child,. He said, if you wanted. Then she didn't seem to turn from the idea. But took more than three weeks and some persuasion on his part before she finally relented  and said yes. A month later he found an engagement ring to suit her at a fancy jeweller's off grafton street with two diamonds set