"I do not have much time for waiting, unfortunately. People are starting to notice that I am thickening around the waist. Would you be opposed to us doing the actual wedding in the next week or so? I've heard about a place called Gretna Green... is it true that one could elope there?" She forced herself to breathe, her stomach still roiling at the scent of brine and fish in the air. She finally turned her face toward him and afforded him with the look of a frightened young woman. The exhaustion was etched across her face, though not enough to mar her beauty.