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Show X without actually courting her. After all, he was a married man and polygamy was against the law; he couldn't afford to visit Evelyn at her parents' home, bringing her flowers and love letters. Besides, he had no right to woo Evelyn without his wife's consent if he adhered to the precedent set by Sarah in "giving" Hagar to Abraham. But he didn't want to burden Charlotte with knowledge of his love for another woman unless he could ascertain that his affection for Evelyn was reciprocated. Whispered discussions with Church elders confirmed his suspicions; some members in good standing still privately practiced polygamy. At last he mustered the courage to propose to Evelyn, who demurely agreed. Grandfather, ever one to wear his feelings on his sleeve, was pained by her coolness. Later he discovered that Evelyn received another proposal that day -- from the Stake President who also had plural marriage on his mind. Grandfather's contact with sensitive, complex situations had only sprouted. Charlotte Pead grew up in a family which -- like most Mormon households -- regarded plural marriage as an outmoded or corrupt doctrine which only provided an excuse for perversity. When Charlotte learned of her husband's plan for a multiple family, she found herself in philosophical quicksand. Her mother, always hawk-eyed for any threat to a woman's power, had warned her this would happen. Charlotte's life became a nightmare of vascillation, of making up her mind for or against |