Isidor's face lifts so she can look at Jim with wide, surprised eyes. After everything they saw, after everything they were through, he wants to marry this man? A hundred thousand reasons not to rush through her head as though he were a Durant. None of them will matter to him, she realises. Like he said, they're not even friends. Still, it seems... bizarre.

"Are you sure that's sensible?" She can't help herself. It doesn't matter what little it will affect her, but she can't not say something. "Wouldn't it be best to... take time before you rush into a decision like that?"