At first, he was a poor boy, so poor his home was bare of everything. Apart from a reasonably handsome face, he had nothing.
She was the town's darling, gentle and beautiful, with so many suitors that they nearly wore down her family's doorstep.
He never said he wanted to marry her. Instead, every day he squatted at a crossroads she had to pass, staring at her with eyes like an eagle's until she felt a shiver of fear.
She was a delicacy he couldn't afford, but one day, that delicacy still ended up in his bowl.
After they married, he told his friends, "She might not know it, but I tricked my way into this marriage."
She told her friends, "He probably doesn't know that I know he tricked his way into marrying me."
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