Peter Fern was mad on mountains.Climbing was the core of his life.Church towers, seaside cliffs, or ice mountains, anything -- "If it’s there," he used to say, "then I want to climb it." So the news of his marriage gave me a surprise. I’d never known him to take much interest in girls. Well, well, Peter Fern was a married man! I couldn’t get over it. I wondered whether his wife would try to stop some of his risky adventures.
FromChamonix he climbed MountBlanc on his seventeenth birthday, and one of theAifuilles the day after! That was it, than: she was French, from a family, most of whom like climbing. No doubt. No Other explanation. A、month later I met them both in town.Anna surprised me because she wasEnglish. She was a dancer in the theatre. "I never climbed more than sixty steps in my life," she told me. "Peter has his interests, and I’ve got mine. No problems." "None at all," Peter said, smiling. "Where did you spend your honeymoon " "I flew to New York to see theDrakeDancers onBroadway.A、wonderful show!" Peter said, "Didn’t want to miss the good weather. So I went to Switzerland and climbed the north face of theEiger withAllenDunlop. Grand place, a honeymoon! I’ll show you the photographs we took one day.\ In the author’s opinion, Peter Fern must have married for ______.A.his wife might hate climbing mountains B.his wife might be from a rich family C.his wife might be from a French mountaineer family D.his wife might stop his risky adventures