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These next pages explain how exactly Bo Jo and July got married. July spends the night before with her brother Gregory and sister Grace, playing board games and talking about books. July must fight back tears because she knows it will never be the same with them again. July lies to her family and says she's going on a day-long picnic with Bo Jo. On the way across state lines, the couple argues over where to live, with Bo Jo rejecting any notion of living with July's folks.

They get to town and meet a little old man who is a justice of the peace. They lie about their age and he performs the brief ceremony. July is wed with the same dime store wedding ring she bought earlier. On the way back, July is touched when Bo Jo gets her...