text:  So do you remember Helen's boyfriend, Peter? Mm-hmm. Things got so serious that they got engaged. He was full of plans for my happiness. And they went and took out their marriage license. For a brief space, I danced in and out of the gates of heaven, wrapped up in a web of bright imaginings. And then when Helen's family heard the news, they questioned Peter's intentions and they chased him off at one point with a gun.