Those who were passing behind the silent and motionless couple looked at them compassionately. A whole legend of devotion was attached to them. He had married her in spite of her infirmity, touched by her affection for him, it was said. Not far from there, two young men were chatting, seated on a bench and looking out into the horizon. There is no why.
People do stupid things just because they do stupid things.
And, besides, you know very well that painters make a specialty of foolish marriages. They almost always marry models, former sweethearts, in fact, women of doubtful reputation, frequently. One would suppose that constant association with the general run of models would disgust them forever with that class of women. Not at all. After having posed them they marry them.