I read "marriage" as metaphorical in...
...in stead of "beard", as in "he had a beard on his face for a short while, and he was all into that beard; he was 'married' to it".
The "she" was the double take that made me go back and re-parse.
Funny thing, language.
his very short marriage to his beard
...in stead of "beard", as in "he had a beard on his face for a short while, and he was all into that beard; he was 'married' to it".
which she might not have understood
The "she" was the double take that made me go back and re-parse.
Funny thing, language.