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Wrong Bride, Right Lord: Two Swapped Noble Marriages Episode Historical Romance
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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-
17:09I think this is something but not so cute.
17:15Fetch help!
17:16Quickly!
17:17There has been an accident!
17:27Stand aside!
17:28Make way!
17:29I can't do that!
17:30I can't do that!
17:35Bye!
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 place are sometimes best corrected by fact.
17:59Celia, I thought you had...
18:01Thought what, exactly?
18:03You did more than anger me tonight.
18:05You infended my sister too, and that was a very poor choice.
18:09You truly challenged the wrong person.
18:13Sarah, this berry cream is heavenly. May I taste yours?
18:16Of course. In a few days, I shall have the kitchen send you every sweet you favor.
18:21I'll even have the confectioner bring in the honey chocolates from the southern caravans.
18:26I pressed her too hard.
18:29Too soon. She is not something to be managed.
18:34She is someone to be heard.
18:40Sarah, are we truly casting off this marriage pact?
18:45Do not trouble yourself over him.
18:47You have simply seen too little of the world yet.
18:50Give me a few days.
18:52I'll let you meet men worthy of a noble lady.
18:55Better men than that one.
18:57Truly?
18:59Will they be as handsome as Alaric?
19:01More so.
19:04And will they be as capable as he is?
19:12Capable in what regard?
19:14In every regard. I did not mean in a marriage bed way.
19:25Liar.
19:33Go on. Go on. Go on. Take him.
19:36Ugh. Useless thing.
19:48Those steps.
19:49That is not Sarah.
19:51Sarah walks more quietly than that.
19:53That must be...
19:56Oh. It is only you.
20:07Is that the Abbey Berry Cakes from St. Elswith?
20:11The ones they only make ten of each morning?
20:14I have been trying to get one for months.
20:16I once rose before dawn for them.
20:18No. Twice.
20:21And now...
20:22You 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?
20:51Or do I still have to fetch my wife back to Whitecott by force?
20:56Mmm. This 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. You needn't hide behind all
21:11that lordly dignity.
21:13They were sent up with other gifts. Nothing more.
21:16I don't believe that in the slightest.
21:19You know what you look like right now? Exactly like my sister when she's pretending not to care.
21:24All 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 ten, I've decided not to hold it against you any
21:40longer.
21:41I forgive you.
21:42You can be won over absurdly easily.
21:46What was that?
21:53I said, if you go on devouring this much sugar in a single afternoon, no physician in the kingdom will
21:59save you from the consequences.
22:03You'll grow spoiled, and very likely plump.
22:09I beg your pardon?
22:11Wait, Cilio.
22:18Which Cilio is it that you're calling back?
22:21Plump Cilio, or Slender Cilio?
22:29You're not plump.
22:32If anything, you might do with a little more to you.
22:40Very well.
22:42Perhaps I'm not built like my sister, but there is nothing lacking here, my lord.
22:47And what exactly is that meant to mean?
22:49There 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.
23:05You have always had a soft heart.
23:07And soft hearts are easily led, so hear me clearly.
23:10I do not care who he is, not even the lord of White Kick.
23:13If staying beside him makes you feel small, or afraid, you do not stay.
23:17You leave.
23:18Nothing is worth that.
23:20And if this marriage must be undone, then 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, I do not want to leave him.
23:34He can be overbearing, and 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 are only saying that because no one dotes on you properly.
23:52Keep testing me and I will send you to supper half-shave.
23:56Ow!
23:57Sarah!
23:58All right, all right.
23:59I yield.
24:08Ahri, I 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.
24:34Ahri, I want that too.
24:36Celia, this is the middle of the street.
24:43Ahri!
24:44Look there!
24:44A puppy!
24:51They're so close.
24:57Celia, we are leaving.
25:02Lord Ashbrook says we must go, but how is any meant to walk away from a face like yours?
25:06My lady can have him, if she wishes.
25:08He ought to belong to someone who will care for him.
25:11I'll look after him properly, I swear it.
25:13Stray animals carry filth, infection, fleas.
25:16You do not know where that creature has been, so do not simply-
25:18Thank you, my lady.
25:20See?
25:21He's gentle.
25:23Ahri, just touch him once.
25:24Only once.
25:26He's so soft.
25:28Truly.
25:28And adorable.
25:34Since you seem determined, we will take it to the healer.
25:38It will be examined properly, cleaned, treated.
25:41If it is found healthy, then it may stay at Whitekeep.
25:45Truly?
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.
26:06I let them make a spectacle of you.
26:08Under our own roof.
26:10Before the whole household.
26:11Sarah, look at me.
26:13I'm all right.
26:14Truly.
26:14See?
26:15Not even a torn sleeve.
26:16Your Celia is perfectly whole.
26:18You 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
26:34has at last become someone else's most carefully kept treasure.
26:38If he shields her this closely,
26:40then perhaps, for once, I placed her future in the right hands.
26:44Sarah!
26:45My hair!
26:45Go on.
26:47Your Lord is waiting.
27:02Then, what is to be done with the younger girl?
27:04Do not look to me.
27:06I did not come here to take on another man's burden.
27:08I have heirs enough of my own.
27:17Enough.
27:18Hold your tongue.
27:19Why should I?
27:20She is only a useless little thing.
27:22No father.
27:22No mother.
27:23No standing.
27:24No...
27:25What was it you called my sister?
27:27Because our parents are in their graves,
27:28you thought we were yours to trample?
27:30Courtious before the altar,
27:32venomous behind the morning cloth.
27:35I have seen every one of your faces.
27:38And I will remember them all.
27:43So long as I draw breath,
27:45no 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, thank you.
27:58For today.
27:59For all of it.
28:01You are my wife.
28:03The moment they sought to shame you,
28:05they were slighting our Ashborough
28:06as 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
28:21you hold in any affection.
28:23That is a very gentle way to put it.
28:24Even so,
28:25each of them has some use,
28:26some quality worth noting.
28:27Your cousin Islae's eye for his insufferable,
28:29but she reads a room quickly
28:30and knows how to secure planning.
28:31And your unquiet branch Osward,
28:32his instincts in trade and alliance
28:34are 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,
28:47I do not admire them.
28:49I 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.
29:23Alaric Ashperth?
29:24He's nothing but a court performance in a velvet cloak.
29:29Celia.
29:31Faithless,
29:32arrogant,
29:32double-faith-
29:33What?
29:40Whether a man strays or not,
29:43that is rarely difficult to discover.
29:50That viper.
29:53Lord Ashburn,
29:55there must be some misunderstanding.
29:57The card you gave me was sent in error,
30:00was it not?
30:01No error.
30:03That cannot be true.
30:04I sent word at once,
30:06and some hall clerk answered in White Keep's outer office.
30:09Not your steward,
30:10not even one of your personal people,
30:12just some ordinary servant.
30:19Lady Izaleth,
30:21I believe you have mistaken the nature of my civility.
30:25Have I?
30:26Such courtesy as I extend to you,
30:29and to the Veilhardkin 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 skort would never once have entered my notice.
30:46Not for a heartbeat.
30:55His tongue is dreadful,
30:56and yet,
30:58coming from him,
30:59it sounds unfairly wonderful.
31:08My lord,
31:09the inquiry into the Veilhardt family.
31:11After Lady Celia's parents died,
31:14certain Veilhardt relations forced Lady Seraphine
31:16to yield portions of what should have remained hers,
31:18and the child was sent away to the country
31:20at ten years of age.
31:21She lived there near a year with no proper protection,
31:25no guardian,
31:26no household,
31:28a child left to manage as she could.
31:47Every house has its merits.
31:49There is always something to admire,
31:51and something worth learning from.
31:56Alaric Ashford,
31:58you damned fool.
32:05Am I worthy of a lot of Lucien?
32:08Brother,
32:09lend me a sack of gold.
32:11No.
32:11I am in genuine ruin.
32:14Advance me a little,
32:15a very little.
32:16I swear,
32:17or I shall repay it,
32:18at some point.
32:20Conceivably,
32:20if heaven is kind.
32:22Is that the purpose of this call?
32:24Well,
32:25then goodbye.
32:28Wait, wait.
32:30Why do you sound like winter itself?
32:33Did 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
32:49longer than a season.
32:51Entirely beside the point.
32:53I am ending this conversation.
32:58The Pottery Attili in the Lower Valley.
33:00They take private bookings.
33:02She will adore it.
33:06All right,
33:07send 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 and...
34:03Ah!
34:08Ahri!
34:10Saints above,
34:11you nearly killed me!
34:12What are you doing here?
34:14How long have you been standing there?
34:15Long enough.
34:17Come on,
34:18we'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...
34:37Ahri, 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...
34:50Ahri,
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
35:23were worth nothing?
35:38So,
35:39what comes after this?
35:44Now?
35:46Yes.
35:49I have already departed
35:50from my usual judgment
35:51several times tonight.
35:54I suppose
35:54one further indulgence
35:55may be allowed.
36:00Hey,
36:01no,
36:01wait, wait!
36:02That is
36:02not what I meant!
36:03I meant
36:04should we go somewhere else?
36:05Somewhere proper?
36:06Back 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
36:21unreasonable conclusion.
36:23Not unreasonable?
36:24Not unreasonable?
36:25In what kingdom
36:26is that not unreasonable?
36:27I asked what came next
36:28not for you to carry me off
36:30like some barbarian bride thief.
36:31You leap far too quickly.
36:33The circumstances suggested...
36:34The circumstances suggested nothing!
36:36I say one harmless sentence
36:37and in your mind
36:38it turns into a summons
36:39to my bedchamber.
36:40This is entirely your doing.
36:45This is not finished!
36:50No.
36:51It is not.
36:54And the night
36:55has not yet run its course.
37:02Sereftah,
37:03please tell me again
37:04that the Marriage Covenant
37:05said only twice a week.
37:07What happened now?
37:09Don't tell me he's been
37:10every single night.
37:13Men will always be men.
37:15Even Alaric Ashpurg,
37:17the patron saint
37:17of household rules,
37:18sealed ledgers
37:19and proper order,
37:20proves no different
37:21when it comes to this.
37:22My back aches.
37:23My legs ache.
37:24I swear even my bones
37:25are offended.
37:26Hush.
37:27I'll handle it.
37:28Once I bury him
37:29in enough estate business,
37:30he won't have the leisure
37:31to return before midnight.
37:32He'll scarcely have time
37:34to blink.
37:35Truly?
37:37Oh,
37:38Seraphine,
37:38you are the finest
37:39sister ever born.
37:41Naturally.
37:43Ari,
37:44are you coming back
37:45to our chamber tonight?
37:46I'll be delayed.
37:47There's still business
37:47from the keep to settle.
37:48Sleep without waiting for me.
37:49I see.
37:50Then I must stand watch
37:51over this dreadful empty room
37:52all by myself,
37:53alone,
37:54in this vast,
37:55freezing,
37:55desolate 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 Ashberg
38:11looming over me
38:12like a castle watchtower.
38:13No correcting my posture.
38:15No solemn speeches
38:16about what is sufficient
38:17within a marriage.
38:19Freedom,
38:20my long-lost love.
38:21I'm coming for you.
38:28Celia!
38:29I've missed you to death!
38:30You've vanished for ages!
38:32What,
38:32did you hide away
38:33with some secret sweetheart?
38:35Lord Ashberg,
38:36forgive us
38:37for dragging you out
38:37to such an hour,
38:38but that pastry stall
38:40just there
38:40is famed
38:41all through this quarter.
38:42Finest cheese pastries
38:44in the city.
38:45Why not carry some
38:45back to your lady wife?
38:47A peaceful household
38:48begins with a pleased wife,
38:50eh?
38:51Celia has been
38:52troublesome of late.
38:54Perhaps something sweet
38:55will keep her content.
38:56A small reward
38:58for remaining
38:58in White Hope
38:59as she promised.
39:02Very well.
39:15Celia.
39:18Celia,
39:19that lord outside
39:20is staring at you
39:20as if he means
39:21to freeze the whole street.
39:22Tell me you know him.
39:23Wasn't Ari supposed
39:24to be detained
39:25at the council
39:25until late?
39:26Wasn't Serene supposed
39:27to keep him occupied
39:28with estate matters?
39:29Why is he here
39:30of all places?
39:31No, no, no, no.
39:33Celia,
39:34your mask is the wrong...
39:37Ahri!
39:38Well,
39:39this is unexpected.
39:41What a stounding chance.
39:42The city is truly small,
39:44is it not?
39:45Huh?
39:47It is well past midnight.
39:50You told me
39:51you had retired
39:51for the night.
39:53I...
39:53Well,
39:54a friend asked me
39:55to come.
39:56I had never seen
39:57such a place before.
39:58I only wished to look.
40:00Oh, no.
40:01No, no, no.
40:01Here it comes.
40:02The lord of rules
40:03and winter heirs.
40:04Will he rebuke me
40:04before the whole street?
40:06Can a husband confine
40:07his wife to her chambers?
40:08Surely he cannot.
40:09Can he?
40:10At least you had
40:11enough sense
40:12to bring someone with you.
40:15You're not going
40:15to scold me?
40:17Would that improve matters?
40:21No.
40:22Then I shall spare us
40:23both the noise tonight.
40:24But this will not pass
40:26without consequence.
40:27No, no.
40:27Absolutely not.
40:28Ahri, I am still
40:29sore everywhere.
40:30My back, my legs,
40:31everything aches.
40:32Have mercy.
40:33What in heaven's name
40:34do you think I meant?
40:35I was speaking of tomorrow.
40:36I shall personally
40:37see to your instruction.
40:38Each afternoon
40:38you will learn
40:39proper conduct,
40:39deportment,
40:40and the rules
40:40of public appearance.
40:41I will examine
40:41how you fare.
40:42Instruction?
40:43Lessons here?
40:43In my own households?
40:45Yes.
40:45Well, perhaps in truth
40:48my back may not
40:48pain me quite much now,
40:49nor my legs.
40:50Perhaps instead
40:50you might simply...
40:51No.
40:52Ahri, must I truly?
40:54Could you not overlook
40:54it 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
41:02will be upon you.
41:03If you do not know
41:03how to carry yourself
41:04they will laugh.
41:06And their laughter
41:06will not stop with you.
41:08It will reach
41:08Sir Aphanen as well.
41:11All right.
41:13Then,
41:14tonight is finished.
41:15You mean not
41:16to pursue it further?
41:17See that this
41:18does not become
41:18your custom.
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