That fateful day in autuum, she lost not only the one ring, but her entire left hand.     What seemed like a beautiful promise was not being fufilled.

    "The betrayal of one bead causes the meaning of love to be lost"  

  They got married.   Years later, no one has ever heard either of them speak a word.   But they are happy together, using their own ways of communication.   They were very much in love.