The Resurrectionist

by A. Rae Dunlap

“I can’t tell whether you’re stupider than you seem, more naïve than I’d come to believe, or so intentionally obtuse as to be a rare and volatile combination of the two.”

There was the obvious explanation, of course: that as a man of meagre means from a rural town and with no family money, Aneurin simply could not afford the responsibility of taking a wife. Though it was clear from his dress and manner that his position at Malstrom’s afforded him a semblance of proper living, I was well aware that the need to provide for a wife and subsequent offspring could often be the thin line between relative comfort and dire poverty.

James really said "must be too poor to have a wife" not "ah! gay!"