He entered the hotel with visible reluctance, looked into the parlor, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that it was empty, wavered at the foot of the steep, narrow stairs, and retreated to the dining room, with Kent at his heels knowing that the matter had passed quite beyond his help or hindrance and had entered that mysterious realm of matrimony where no unwedded man or woman may follow and yet is curious enough to linger.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
The next moment she beheld her husband and Captain Graham supporting the unwedded bride in their arms.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
Whence come these unwedded wives, these novel concubines, these prostitutes, so I will call them, though they cling to a single partner?
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll