He tries not to look at Carrie as he walks to the front of the church and sits down. The wedding music starts, and Charles and Matthew stand up together. The doors at the back open, and Henrietta, proud and beautiful, walks down the aisle with her father.
She pulls at her father’s arm. She is annoyed with him. ‘don’t hold me so tightly, dad,’ she whispers angrily.
The priest begins to read aloud the words of the wedding service. As Charles listens to the priest’s words he looks confused and worried. The priest asks whether anyone think that Charles and Henrietta should hot get married. The question is in the wedding service because that is the law. If either the bride or the groom is already married, for example, then someone may say that they are breaking the law. Usually, of course, no one answers the question. But this time there is a loud noise. David is knock on his wooden church seat.
‘I’m sorry – does someone want to speak?’ the priest asks, very surprised.
David puts up his hand.
‘yes – what is it?’
David, of course, can’t speak aloud, so he begins to sign to Charles.
‘one second,’ says Charles, as he signs back, ‘what’s going on?’
‘I thought of idea number three,’ David tells him.