Tales of Happy Valley
Chapter 23: The Impetuous Proposal
People often told Giles that he was dangerously impetuous, while he thought of himself as being decisive. While lesser mortals would have dithered over the decision for months or even years, Giles reached a major life's decision in mere minutes.
Giles Proposes to Frieda
And so, on his first day in Happy Valley, on the day that is cousin Barry was born, the day that he first met his cousin Greg and their extended family, and the very day that he met Miss Frieda Baybrace, he determined that he would make her his wife.
He didn't need to know more about Frieda than he already knew. After all, considering her apparel, what secrets could she be hiding?
Now, to say that Frieda was quite taken with Giles would be quite the understatement, but when he surprised her with a diamond ring on that fateful night, she eagerly accepted his proposal. Besides the love that had overwhelmed her the moment she first set eyes upon him, Frieda had reasons of her own not to hesitate in making such a major move in her life. Frieda did, indeed, have secrets that she had kept to herself for a very long time.
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Originally posted Fri May 13, 2005 1:51 pm at the Hullabaloo.