Given how detailed David's memory usually is, it's striking that his impressions of the ceremony are so vague. However, this is in keeping with the idea of the wedding being a "fairy marriage"; David's happiness on the day of his wedding to Dora is almost otherworldly, and consequently difficult to fully capture in narrative. This in turn reflects David's complex attitude towards his memories of Dora. Although he ultimately claims that she was not the ideal partner for him, he often sounds wistful when talking about their time together, depicting it as a kind of lost paradise.