Part One, Archie, 1974, 1945, Chapter 3, Two Families, Summary

Clara and Archie get married at the registrars with Samad and his wife, Alsana, as their witnesses. Clara knows she is not marrying Archie for love, but he is a mild mannered man who is not obsessed with the end of the world, so she thinks he can give her the life she has always wanted. Besides, she knows Archie loves her and that seems good enough. Archie bought Clara a nice house in Willesden Green. It is not exactly the exotic location Clara had hoped for when she asked Archie to take her far from London, but is a nicer neighborhood than she lived in before and seems like a good place to raise children. Samad and Alsana have recently moved to the same area a few blocks away as well, so...