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Wrong Wedding, Right Love! EP Marriage Mistake, Sweet Romance, Drama Series
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00:00Someone should take this cushion away. It's way too firm to sleep on.
00:08By tradition, newlyweds are allowed another hour before getting up.
00:12By tradition? What tradition?
00:16You were the one insisting we follow every rule.
00:19I insisted on... wait.
00:28Celia, what are you doing here?
00:41You... you're my sister's husband?
00:46Get dressed first, now.
00:50Merciful saints, why am I in bed with the man who was supposed to marry my sister?
00:57Two weeks ago, my sister was to be joined by oath to the Lord of House Ashvington.
01:02A marriage forged for land, trade and alliance.
01:07As her younger sister, I was the first to protest, so I offered a compromise.
01:11Then I'll marry the younger Ashburton Lucian, I said.
01:15If our houses must be bound, then one should be othersmiths, then bindend us both.
01:20As long as I stay near my sister, I agree.
01:24You always know exactly what suits me.
01:27But really, you're not wearing a bridal gown yourself?
01:30I did not come here to satisfy anyone's taste.
01:33I stand here as the head of House Valahart, that is enough.
01:37My lady, word has come from the Ashburton party.
01:40The storm has blocked the roads, the gentlemen's carriages have been delayed.
01:42The wedding may have to be postponed.
01:45This union is a pact before it is a celebration.
01:48The ceremony itself is only its outer shell.
01:51Since the grooms have not yet arrived, we proceed first.
01:56I know these are two great houses of the realm, but this has gone too far.
02:00Where are the bridegrooms?
02:12Where are the Ashburts?
02:13Was this not meant to be a Val-held Ashburgu union?
02:16Sister, weren't we only supposed to keep the guests from talking?
02:21You've had your eye on this old family ring for years, haven't you?
02:24Then wear it first and see how it feels.
02:27I have! Then yes, I'll gladly wear it!
02:36To be honest, the rest is a blur.
02:39Lady Celelia, we've arrived at the East residence.
02:42A storm raged all night, and I was half asleep on my feet.
02:46Number eight.
02:51My lady, this is number six.
02:54That looks like eight.
02:56We passed number eight earlier.
02:58Lady Celia's carriage already went that way.
03:00The leaves are hiding the rest of the carving.
03:02This one is definitely six.
03:05So yes.
03:07Last night, fate's wheels came off the rails.
03:16This is awful! Why are you being so cold?
03:19I never meant to get into your bed in the first place!
03:23Enough tears. Put your clothes on.
03:27My dress, it's still in the dressing alcobe. Could you bring it to me?
03:31Does she take me for a chambermaid?
03:33Does she take me for a chambermaid?
03:34Absolutely not.
03:35Fetch it yourself.
03:37Alright.
03:44It hurts.
03:47You can't stand.
03:49Because of you.
03:50You were far too much.
03:58Stay where you are.
04:06Celia!
04:16Did Alaric force himself on you?
04:18No.
04:19No.
04:20Not exactly.
04:21You know how I am when thunder starts.
04:23I thought he was my bridegroom.
04:24And he said he was my husband, so I...
04:26And then...
04:26Then tell me this.
04:28What do you make of him?
04:29He was like...
04:31some wild beast.
04:34That was not the question I asked.
04:38Brother, she's barely more than a little songbird.
04:41And you truly showed her no mercy.
04:44Go on.
04:45Say one word more and I'll send you to inspect the furthest northern watchtower.
04:53As for you two, what happened in your chamber?
05:00Wasn't Celia meant to be the soft, sweet one?
05:06Amethysts from the southern traders.
05:08I had these made for my future wife.
05:10This cannot be the wrong room.
05:16Who is it?
05:18Who else would it be?
05:19Your husband.
05:21Husband?
05:30Then fulfill a husband's duty.
05:34What duty?
05:35Give House Valhaft an heir.
05:39Have you been drinking?
05:43What are you saying, that you cannot?
05:46Cannot?
05:47You may test that yourself.
05:49The storm was fierce.
05:50The stone room markers were obscured,
05:52and the escort order was altered in the confusion.
05:54That is how we were each led to the wrong doors.
05:56But since matters have already gone this far...
05:59Celia, then let us simply exchange the marriage matches.
06:05Serethine has only just taken full hold of House Valahart.
06:07She needs Ashton standing beside her.
06:10So I have to make peace with this.
06:12I cannot keep acting as though the sky has fallen.
06:15Truly, if I may still remain near my sister, what does it matter which lord I am wed to?
06:21Well, we exchange the marriage contracts. Do you consent or not?
06:24The church record has not yet been entered into the final roles.
06:27If this preserve order between both houses...
06:29It will.
06:31Then I see no cause to oppose it.
06:33Our account to the court is simple.
06:35The wedding arrangements were altered in haste, and the message sent outward was mistaken.
06:40Neither pair stood before the hall in full public witness.
06:43It will hold.
06:45Very well.
06:47No! Wait! That is all? Just like that? And my say in this counts for nothing?
06:52Is there some grievance you wish to raise?
06:57You did not seem particularly aggraved last night.
07:00That is entirely beside the point!
07:05Brother, I implore you.
07:07Do not let her settle this so easily.
07:09You have no notion what sort of woman she becomes once she has decided on a thing.
07:13Last night was...
07:14If you wish to be released, say it plainly.
07:16I already have doubts about the strength of his bloodline as it is.
07:20Last night was an accident. I was on edge. That does not mean I am...
07:23I can explain this.
07:25Properly. Only grant me a moment. Two moments...
07:28I have council matters to attend.
07:31I cannot see you off myself.
07:36Hey! We are not finished speaking!
07:38I ride for the city in two hours. You are coming with me.
07:42Yes, my lord.
07:44Young, clinging, trouble in silk.
07:47But at least she can be reasoned with.
07:55My lord! Here!
07:58We are going into the city for a short stay.
08:01Not marching on a campaign.
08:02Not marching on a campaign.
08:08She smells of...
08:10Orchard fruit.
08:12Fresh petals.
08:13Something faint.
08:15Something distracting.
08:33My lord. Are you unwell?
08:37Be quiet.
08:38Be quiet?
08:40Be quiet? Is that truly how lords speak to people, plainly? To their own wives?
08:44Correction. Young, clinging, alarmingly effective, defiant, and it seems wholly incapable of holding her tongue.
08:52Celia, we must settle something.
08:54Very well. What is it?
08:56This marriage is an arrangement of houses. You do understand that?
08:59I do.
08:59As Lady Ashbur, you will be required to appear at councils, feasts, and court observances.
09:03You must preserve a certain dignity. You cannot simply...
09:05That one. The pale trunk. Will you hand it to me?
09:09These hands govern bannelmans, roads, levits, grain, trade. She wants them used for luggage.
09:15Look, you were far too rough with me last night. I can scarcely lift a thing.
09:27Lady Celia Volhart Ashbur.
09:30It slipped. It truly slipped. I did not mean it.
09:33No food in my carriage.
09:35Why not?
09:36Crumbs. Odors. Disorder.
09:42Do you never listen the first time?
09:43I know perfectly well why you are in such a temper. Because you are hungry. No crumbs. Hardly any smell.
09:51And with the straw, no spilling. I packed warm vegetable soup for you.
10:04Do not let this become a custom.
10:07You sound exactly like my sister. She says that all the time.
10:11Though when she says, do not make a habit of it, what she really means is, I will permit it
10:15at least seventeen more times.
10:18I wonder how many times you mean, my lord.
10:27Have they been making this hard for you?
10:29The Duke is a little frightening. But Lady Eveline is so kind.
10:33Look, she gave me this.
10:35That bracelet. It is handed from Ashbur lady to Ashburne lady.
10:38Mother, then this means...
10:40Stay as you are. Choose what sits right in your own heart. Do not twist yourself to fit another house.
10:45Do you hear me?
10:46Follow her own heart. We have indulged one son into uselessness already. I will not stand by and watch another
10:51household be ruined.
10:52They have only just arrived. Must you begin this tonight?
10:56And that absurd head of his. What respectable nobleman goes about looking like that?
11:00It is silver hair, not treason. He altered its shade, nothing more. Surely that is not a crime in your
11:06debtor tree.
11:09Gods, that was magnificent.
11:11Lady Seraphine Velhart, I see now why Velhart placed its reins in your hands. You are certainly formidable.
11:16Yet for all that, as a daughter of this house, you seem to have learned nothing of your place.
11:19I am joined to this house by his wife and Celia's sister. If you demean either of them, Your Grace,
11:24you do not stand apart from me when you do it.
11:26You speak boldly for a woman who cannot even keep her own sister in proper order.
11:29In my sight, she requires no correction. She is exactly as she ought to be.
11:34But perhaps you should ask yourself something, Your Grace.
11:36One son stayed away from this keep for years. Have you never wondered what drove him from his own home?
11:41How dare you? Every one of you. Insulent, unruly, without the least shred of breeding or respect.
11:48Say what you please of me if it satisfies you. But do not speak to my sister that way.
11:54Father, Celia is my wife. Her nature, her wishes, the way she carries herself. None of these are yours to
12:01sit in judgment over.
12:02She will come to know this house and its customs, in time and not by force.
12:06Until then, as long as she stands beside me, her dignity is mine to defend. Her joy is mine to
12:12guard. She is mine to answer for.
12:21I saw you looking at these before. It seemed a pity to let leave without them.
12:33White Keep is not an easy house to enter. We keep too many rules and I will not pretend otherwise.
12:39But do not let them press the life out of you. As you are now, child, you are lovely enough.
12:47Thank you, Mother.
12:53Alaric, stay a moment.
13:00I know this marriage was not made in the manner anyone intended. Still, that girl's heart is clean. She is
13:07kind in a way this world does not often spare.
13:10And perhaps she may be precisely the wife you require.
13:14Your father has filled your mind with talk of what a lady of Ashburg ought to be, I know.
13:19But hear me well, my son.
13:21A contented wife is worth more than the most faultless mistress of a castle.
13:25Do not wait until she is beyond your reach to learn that lesson.
13:28I hear you, Mother.
13:37I tried. Truly. Separating them was impossible.
13:40A contented wife is worth more than the most faultless mistress of a castle.
13:44Three months. If she still behaves like this, do not expect me to acknowledge her as Ashbur's daughter by marriage.
13:50Three months. Can I truly shape Celia Veilhart into a lady fit for House Ashbur?
13:54Sit properly.
13:57Celia.
13:58I heard you. I simply chose not to answer.
14:02If you keep lying about like that, your back will suffer for it.
14:06Then I thank you for the advice. Lying straight must be better for one's bones.
14:11When others are present, you must conduct yourself with some measure with the berry of a grown lady.
14:15What would people say?
14:17If this is how you mean to go on, you may return by yourself.
14:27Stop the carriage.
14:30I beg your pardon?
14:32If House Ashburle holds my sister in such contempt, then we have remained here too long.
14:36I will not sit by and hear her slighted.
14:38This betrothal ends tonight.
14:49If my sister will not remain in House Ashton, then neither shall I!
15:06CELIA!
15:06You drove your own wife away! What in God's name has that to do with me?
15:10I have no wish to lose mine with her!
15:13What possessed you?
15:14You humiliated a young lady in front of everyone, and now my marriage is paying the price for your temper.
15:20She is too headstrong. Someone had to-
15:22Then scold your own Duchess in private!
15:24Do not drag me beneath the same cartwheel! I never agreed to be crushed with you!
15:29Seraphine is not an easy woman. She will overrule you at every turn.
15:33Is that truly the life you want?
15:35Yes.
15:36You do much the same to me already.
15:40Yes, yes I do!
15:41I never once said I required some meek little saint for a wife.
15:43I care nothing for that. Go after them and bring them back!
15:46Brother, what is the matter with you?
15:48You can govern a keep, command men, settle disputes, outthink half the realm.
15:51But where the heart is concerned, you are hopeless.
15:54You complain that she is noisy and troublesome, yet all the while you watch her, shield her, tend to her,
15:58as though she were the one thing in this world you cannot bear to see harmed.
16:01Did you think I did not notice?
16:03In the Duke's front hall, in the dining chamber, in your own bedchamber,
16:06even the inner room, you were forever looking after her.
16:10You imagine things!
16:38I am telling you this once, and you would do well to heed me.
16:41If you do not go after her now, there may come no second chance to set this right.
16:48Halt the carriage!
16:58CELIA!
17:03It is deep into the night.
17:05She does not answer.
17:07And those two women are alone out here in the-
17:15Scritch, help!
17:16Quickly!
17:17There has been an accident!
17:19DO demás
17:26Stand aside, make way.
17:39not them thank heaven
17:44sarah why is alaric folded over there like a great frightened bird
17:51men who grow too certain of their their place are sometimes best corrected by fact
17:59celia i thought you had thought what exactly you did more than anger me tonight you infended my
18:06sister too and that was a very poor choice you truly challenged the wrong person
18:13sarah this berry cream is heavenly may i taste yours of course in a few days i shall have the
18:19kitchen send you every sweet you favor i'll even have the confectioner bring in the honey chocolates
18:24from the southern caravans i pressed her too hard too soon she is not something to be managed
18:34she is someone to be heard
18:41sarah are we truly casting off this marriage pact
18:45do not trouble yourself over him you have simply seen too little of the world yet
18:50give me a few days i'll let you meet men worthy of a noble lady better men than that one
18:58truly will they be as handsome as alaric more so and will they be as capable as he is
19:12capable in what regard in every regard i did not mean in a marriage bed way
19:24liar
19:32go on go on take him oh useless thing
19:48those steps that is not sarah sarah walks more quietly than that that must be
19:57oh it is only you
20:07is that the abbey berry cakes from saint elswith
20:10the ones they only make 10 of each morning i have been trying to get one for months
20:15i once rose before dawn for them no twice
20:21and now you brought the entire box here
20:27how is anyone meant to stay angry in the face of this
20:49have you finished punishing me yet or do i still have to fetch my wife back to whitecock by force
20:57this one is lovely soft as a cloud honestly these are far too good
21:06ari if this is your way of making peace you might as well admit it
21:09you needn't hide behind all that lordly dignity
21:13they were sent up with other gifts nothing more
21:16i don't believe that in the slightest you know what you look like right now
21:21exactly like my sister when she's pretending not to care
21:23all thorns and frost on the outside and sweet preserve in the middle
21:29like a sugared quince
21:31you're inventing nonsense
21:34still since you went to such trouble to bring all 10
21:38i've decided not to hold it against you any longer
21:41i forgive you
21:42you can be won over absurdly easily
21:46what was that
21:53i said
21:55if you go on devouring this much sugar in a single afternoon
21:57no physician in the kingdom will save you from the consequences
22:04you'll grow spoiled
22:05and very likely plump
22:09i beg your pardon
22:11wait cilia
22:18which cilia is it that you're calling back
22:21plump cilia
22:22or slender cilia
22:29you're not plump
22:32if anything
22:34you might do with a little more to you
22:40very well
22:41perhaps i'm not built like my sister
22:43but there is nothing lacking here my lord
22:47and what exactly is that meant to mean
22:48there is absolutely nothing wrong with my figure
22:56you are far too easy to win over
22:58a little tenderness and you forget all caution
23:00sarah he truly meant it
23:02you should have seen him when he came to me
23:03he looked uncertain
23:04uncertain you have always had a soft heart
23:06and soft hearts are easily led
23:09so hear me clearly
23:10i do not care who he is
23:11not even the lord of white kick
23:13if staying beside him makes you feel small
23:15or afraid you do not stay
23:17you leave
23:18nothing is worth that
23:20and if this marriage must be undone
23:22then let it be undone
23:23i can keep you in comfort for the rest of your days and several lifetimes beside
23:29the truth is
23:32i do not want to leave him
23:34he can be overbearing
23:36and far too used to having things his own way
23:38and yes he watches everything
23:41but he has been kind to me
23:44you are defending him already
23:46that is how these things begin
23:48you're only saying that because no one dotes on you properly
23:52keep testing me and i'll send you to supper half shave
23:57ow sarah
23:57all right all right i yield
24:07ahri
24:08i think my hat is sitting crooked
24:10i can hardly tell
24:11fix it for me
24:22there
24:31everyone else walks hand in hand
24:33ahri i want that too
24:36celia this is the middle of the street
24:43ahri
24:43look there
24:44a puppy
24:51they're so close
24:57celia
24:58we are leaving
25:02lord ashbrook says we must go
25:03but how is any meant to walk away from a face like yours
25:06my lady can have him
25:07if she wishes
25:08he ought to belong to someone who'll care for him
25:10thank you
25:11i'll look after him properly
25:12i swear it
25:13stray animals carry filth
25:15infection
25:15fleas
25:16you do not know where that creature has been
25:18so do not simply
25:18thank you my lady
25:20see
25:21he's gentle
25:22ahri just touch him once
25:24only once
25:25he's so soft
25:27truly
25:28and adorable
25:34since you seem determined
25:36we will take it to the healer
25:38it will be examined properly
25:39cleaned
25:40treated
25:41if it is found healthy
25:42if it is found healthy
25:43then it may stay at white keep
25:44truly
25:45we may keep him
25:46ahri you're wonderful
25:53there is already one pampered clingy little creature in my household
25:57i suppose one more will not ruin me
26:04i was too slow
26:05i let them make a spectacle of you
26:08under our own roof
26:10before the whole household
26:11sarah
26:12sarah look at me
26:12i'm all right
26:13truly
26:14see not even a torn sleeve
26:16your celia is perfectly whole
26:17you always do this
26:19you smile and say you're fine so i won't have cause to worry
26:24because i am fine
26:26i have you
26:27and it seems
26:30i have him as well
26:31the little sister i've guarded all these years
26:33has at last become someone else's most carefully kept treasure
26:37if he shields her this closely
26:39then perhaps for once
26:42i placed her future in the right hands
26:44sarah my hair
26:45go on
26:46your lord is waiting
27:02then what is to be done with the younger girl
27:04do not look to me
27:05i did not come here to take on another man's burden
27:08i have heirs enough of my own
27:17enough hold your tongue
27:18why should i
27:19she is only a useless little thing
27:21no father
27:22no mother
27:23no standing
27:24no
27:24what was it you called my sister
27:26because our parents are in their graves
27:28you thought we were yours to trample
27:30courteous before the altar
27:32venomous behind the morning cloth
27:35i have seen every one of your faces
27:37and i will remember them all
27:43so long as i draw breath
27:44no one lays a hand on my sister
27:47no one
27:49that was the day i first understood what it meant
27:52to be protected
27:56ari
27:57thank you
27:58for today
27:59for all of it
28:01you are my wife
28:02the moment they sought to shame you
28:04they were slighting our ashborough as surely as they were slighting you
28:08to dishonor you is to insult me to my face
28:10i will answer such matters
28:12none of this was your doing
28:14then
28:15if you cannot bear them
28:16why leave your family seal card in their hands
28:18why give them a way to reach you
28:20i know your kin are not people you hold in any affection
28:23that is a very gentle way to put it
28:24even so each of them has some use
28:26some quality worth noting
28:27your cousin islaze as ifra is insufferable
28:29but she reads a room quickly and knows how to secure planning
28:31and your unquiet branch osward
28:32his instincts in trade and alliance are better than i expected
28:36so
28:37you think well of them
28:38that is not what i said
28:40the people i despise most
28:43the ones who made my childhood wretched
28:45and you can still admire them
28:47celia i do not admire them
28:48i am speaking only of what may be of value in them
28:51that is not the same thing
28:53alaric ashfield
28:54i hate you
28:59what in god's name just happened
29:16so you've truly decided you're not returning to white heap for now
29:20that frozen tyrant
29:21please
29:22alaric ashperth
29:24he's nothing but a court performance in a velvet cloak
29:29celia
29:30faithless
29:31arrogant
29:32double faith
29:33what
29:40whether a man strays or not
29:42that is rarely difficult to discover
29:49that viper
29:52lord ashburn
29:54there must be some misunderstanding
29:57the card you gave me was sent in error was it not
30:01no error
30:02that cannot be true
30:04i sent word at once
30:06and some hall clerk answered in white keeps outer office
30:09not your steward not even one of your personal people
30:12just some ordinary servant
30:19lady isaleth
30:21i believe you have mistaken the nature of my civility
30:25have i
30:27such courtesy as i extend to you
30:29and to the veil heart kin attached to you
30:31exists for one reason only
30:33and what reason is that
30:38celia
30:40were it not for her
30:41those of your scort would never once have entered my notice
30:46not for a heartbeat
30:55his tongue is dreadful
30:56and yet
30:57coming from him it sounds unfairly wonderful
31:08my lord
31:09the inquiry into the veil heart family
31:11after lady celia's parents died
31:14certain veil heart relations forced lady seraphine to yield portions of what should have remained hers
31:18and the child was sent away to the country at ten years of age
31:21she lived there near a year with no proper protection
31:24no guardian
31:26no household
31:27a child left to manage as she could
31:46every house has its merits
31:48there is always something to admire
31:51and something worth learning from
31:56alaric ashford
31:57you damned fool
32:08brother lend me a sack of gold
32:11no
32:11i am in genuine ruin
32:13advance me a little
32:15a very little
32:16i swear or i shall repay it
32:18at some point
32:19conceivably
32:20if heaven is kind
32:22is that the purpose of this call
32:23well
32:25then goodbye
32:28wait wait
32:29why do you sound like winter itself
32:32did you offend celia again
32:37ha
32:37i knew it
32:39shall i enlighten you
32:41i can have her smiling before supper
32:43this is one of my finer talents
32:46you have never sustained an attachment longer than a season
32:51entirely beside the point
32:53i am ending this conversation
32:58the pottery atilly in the lower valley
33:00they take private bookings
33:02she will adore it
33:06all right send me the directions
33:09i'll be there soon
33:24i owe far more than an apology
33:26and not only for today
33:28i do not yet know how to mend this
33:30but i will learn
33:39driver
33:40this is the place
33:41truly
33:42because i can scarcely see my own hand
33:44and there is not a living soul anywhere
33:46i swear i just heard something with fangs
33:54so now you've taken some holy vow of silence
33:57if you'd been despairing with words on my wedding night
33:59i would not have stepped into the wrong chamber
34:08ari
34:10saints above you nearly killed me
34:12what are you doing here
34:14how long have you been standing there
34:15long enough
34:17come on we're leaving
34:18it's freezing
34:19it's black as a crypt
34:21and that driver has plainly deserted us
34:25do not be so quick to flee
34:27the summit has a fine view
34:31a view of what
34:32i cannot see a
34:37ari look
34:38fireworks
34:39they're beautiful
34:42fireworks are an inefficient use of coin
34:44a brief spectacle compounded of powder and vanity
34:47with very poor practical return
34:48and the smoke alone is enough to
34:50ari
34:51do you suffer from some afflictment
34:53that makes you recoil from romance
34:54shall i summon a physician
34:55perhaps a priest
35:00perhaps fireworks are wasteful
35:03perhaps they vanish too quickly
35:04and serve no sensible purpose
35:07but
35:07if they please you
35:09then that is reason enough
35:14is this
35:15his way of making it up to me
35:18after all of it
35:20after i left in a temper
35:21and told him his fine words were worth nothing
35:37so
35:39what comes after this
35:43now
35:49i have already departed from my usual judgment several times tonight
35:53i suppose one further indulgence may be allowed
36:00hey no wait wait
36:01that is not what i meant
36:03i meant should we go somewhere else
36:05somewhere proper
36:05back to the keep perhaps
36:07or home
36:08i meant home
36:09home
36:10to sleep
36:12separately
36:18that
36:20was not an entirely unreasonable conclusion
36:23not unreasonable
36:24not unreasonable
36:25in what kingdom is that not unreasonable
36:27i asked what came next
36:28not for you to carry me off like some barbarian bride thief
36:31you leap far too quickly
36:32the circumstances suggested
36:34the circumstances suggested nothing
36:35i say one harmless sentence
36:37and in your mind it turns into a summons to my bedchamber
36:40this is entirely your doing
36:45this is not finished
36:50no
36:51it is not
36:54and the night has not yet run its course
37:02seraphth
37:03please tell me again that the marriage covenant said only twice a week
37:07what happened now
37:09don't tell me he's been
37:10every
37:11single
37:12night
37:13men will always be men
37:15even alaric ashperg
37:16the patron saint of household rules
37:18sealed ledgers and proper order
37:20proves no different when it comes to this
37:22my back aches
37:23my legs ache
37:24i swear even my bones are offended
37:26hush
37:27i'll handle it
37:28once i bury him in enough estate business
37:30he won't have the leisure to return before midnight
37:32he'll scarcely have time to blink
37:35truly
37:36oh
37:38seraphine you are the finest sister ever born
37:40naturally
37:43ari
37:43are you coming back to our chamber tonight
37:45i'll be delayed
37:46there's still business from the keep to settle
37:48sleep without waiting for me
37:49i see then i must stand watch over this dreadful empty room all by myself
37:53alone
37:53in this vast freezing desolate bed
37:56is something the matter
37:58i'll endure
37:59somehow
38:00good night ari
38:04seraphine is a miracle worker
38:10no alaric ashperg looming over me like a castle watchtower
38:13no correcting my posture
38:15no solemn speeches about what is sufficient within a marriage
38:19freedom my long lost love
38:20i'm coming for you
38:28celia i've missed you to death
38:30you've vanished for ages
38:31what did you hide away with some secret sweetheart
38:35lord ashbird forgive us for dragging you out to such an hour
38:38but that pastry stall just there is famed all through this quarter
38:42finest cheese pastries in the city
38:44why not carry some back to your lady wife
38:46a peaceful household begins with a pleased wife
38:50eh
38:51celia has been
38:52troublesome of late
38:54perhaps something sweet will keep her content
38:56a small reward for remaining in white hope as she promised
39:02very well
39:15celia
39:18celia
39:19that lord outside is staring at you as if he means to freeze the whole street
39:22tell me you know him
39:23wasn't ari supposed to be detained at the council until late
39:26wasn't serene supposed to keep him occupied with estate matters
39:29why is he here of all places
39:31no no no no
39:33celia your mask is the wrong
39:37ari
39:38well
39:39this is unexpected
39:40what a stounding chance
39:42the city is truly small is it not
39:45huh
39:47it is well past midnight
39:50you told me you had retired for the night
39:52i
39:53well
39:54a friend asked me to come
39:56i had never seen such a place before
39:58i
39:58i only wished to look
39:59oh no
40:00no no no
40:01here it comes
40:02the lord of rules and winter heirs
40:04will he rebuke me before the whole street
40:05can a husband confine his wife to her chambers
40:08surely he cannot
40:09can he
40:10at least you had enough sense to bring someone with you
40:15you're not going to scold me
40:17would that improve matters
40:21no
40:22then i shall spare us both the noise tonight
40:24but this will not pass without consequence
40:26no no absolutely not
40:28ari i am still sore everywhere
40:30my back my legs everything aches
40:32have mercy
40:33what in heaven's name do you think i meant
40:35i was speaking of tomorrow
40:35i shall personally see to your instruction
40:37each afternoon you will learn proper conduct
40:39deportment and the rules of public appearance
40:41i will examine how you fare
40:42instruction
40:42lessons here
40:43in my own households
40:45yes
40:45well
40:46perhaps in truth
40:47my back may not pain me quite much now
40:49nor my legs
40:50perhaps instead you might simply
40:51no
40:52ari must i truly
40:53could you not overlook it just this once
40:55i shall behave beautifully
40:56i swear it
40:57as lady of house ashfield
40:58there will be feasts
40:59winter balls
41:00chapel observances
41:01and noble gatherings
41:01where all eyes will be upon you
41:03if you do not know how to carry yourself
41:04they will laugh
41:06and their laughter will not stop with you
41:08it will reach surafanen as well
41:11all right
41:13then
41:14tonight is finished
41:15you mean not to pursue it further
41:17see that this does not become your custom
41:19you
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