their marriage was mused upon , not so much for its suddenness , for things were only happening suddenly in these times as everyone in their circle knew , everyone in the greater society was slowly coming to grasp ... sudden change in the racial laws , sudden drafting of new flesh , sudden coming out of closeted sexual identity , sudden advocacy of a range of alternative lifestyle choicesimmersion in dope , revolutionary commitment to take the class option , radical switch to open marriage , dropping out to drop in : turn on .