Stoker marries Florence Anne Lemon Balcombe in December of 1878. Interestingly enough, Wilde had seriously dated her short before and supposedly Mrs. Stoker was still in love with him throughout her marriage to Stoker. Wilde had said she had the most beautiful face of any woman and there was no ill will after they broke up, yet Wilde told a mutual friend he wished to stop contact with her to avoid a scandal. The Stoker's only had one child and their marriage was pretty much platonic afterwords.