More than one formal solution was offered; the one which is easiest to work with (all of the solutions are provably equivalent) is the method of Dedekind cuts.
In the fullness of time, the love which existed between them had been spoken and acknowledged, and they were now a couple, with all the delights and the responsibilities which coupling provides and demands; but somehow, nobody had noticed.
I on'y meant fur to snam (rob) him, and on'y giv' him a tightener, when somethin' come dancing and shreeking down the road, and I vamoosed.
“[…]Ostro unafraidly sought to find new impulses until so hastily and tragically his life was taken”.