"Oh, I don't know how it's really done where you're from," said Robin, "but when one gets married, they're supposed to stay together, forever, and in my case I can't, really. I admire the ones who can, of course, but it's not in my personal nature. And not in that of my lady friend's, either, so I think we're well matched, there."

He took off the gauze. Only a faint red streak remained.