Carrie turned to Josh as he looked at her, and in the next minute the two of them exploded in laughter. In unison they turned to the dirty, scruffy children who were sitting on the pew, legs swinging, and wearing expressions of being extremely pleased with themselves. Bending, Carrie and Josh opened their arms to them.
While the minister and ’Ring watched, the four of them hugged and kissed each other and laughed uproariously at some private joke.
Josh was the first one to recover himself. He took Tem’s hand and Carrie’s, while she took Dallas’s hand. “You may begin again,” Josh said. “You may marry all of us.”
“Hooray!” Dallas yelled, and the children said, “I will” and “I do” with the adults, and at the end of the ceremony, everyone kissed everyone else excessively.