It's no use. The bride and groom are sick of the whole business and have eloped. The families believe you to be responsible. Your acquaintances snub you at the opera and shun you at the salons. Oh, love...
[...]You do the obvious thing. You manufacture an incident which leads to the groom's father being rude about a nun in public. This alters the balance of power just enough to dispel remaining doubts. [...] The wedding is on!
