“Oh yes,” Marium answered, “and undoubtedly just as happy.” she added before leaning over and, with eyes closed, giving Ignatius a kiss on the cheek. Well, boys being boys, some of them goaded me into coming over here and introducing myself. XXX …”
“Yes,” interrupted Marium, “and thank goodness they did, I had noticed him too, but in those days, a woman never made the first move, but I kept a secret watch on him.”
“Anyway,” Ignatius continued, “not only did I muster the courage to introduce myself, I even offered to buy her a soft drink.”
“Which I immediately accepted,” Marium acknowledged before concluding, “and the rest is history.”
“Cassie.” a male voice called from the field and, looking toward it’s source, Ignatius and Marium saw a young man, about the same age as the young woman they had been talking to, nearing the shared bench until he was close enough to talk in a normal volume of voice
