Christine's and Elgin's relationship blossoms and the couple moves into a room at the Excelsior Hotel. Elgin had enough money saved so Christine could quit her job and the two young people spent a few weeks of bliss discovering their love for each other. Soon Christine becomes pregnant and Elgin offers to marry Christine, but they never find the time to make the arrangements until one day when Christine, well along in her pregnancy, pushes the issue.
Christine and Elgin are married at the Justice of the Peace office and they go out to dinner and then to a bar where all the patrons join in the celebration. On the way home, Christine can already tell that she and Elgin have drifted apart, although he carries her for the last two blocks.....
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