Wrong Bride, Right Lord: Two Swapped Noble Marriages - Full Movie (ENGSUB) is a charming historical romance filled with mistaken identities, unexpected love, and aristocratic intrigue. When a wedding mix-up entangles two noble couples in a whirlwind of confusion, duty, and scandal, everyone finds themselves questioning what fate truly intended. As secrets unravel and emotions deepen, the brides and lords must decide whether to follow society's expectations or trust their hearts.
Set in a world of grand estates, elegant balls, and noble traditions, this enchanting drama delivers romance, humor, emotional twists, and unforgettable chemistry. Perfect for fans of Regency-era love stories, historical romance, and happily-ever-after endings.
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Set in a world of grand estates, elegant balls, and noble traditions, this enchanting drama delivers romance, humor, emotional twists, and unforgettable chemistry. Perfect for fans of Regency-era love stories, historical romance, and happily-ever-after endings.
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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.
00:20I insisted on... wait.
00:28Celia, what are you doing here?
00:42You... 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?
00:58Two weeks ago, my sister was to be joined by oath to the Lord of House Ashvington.
01:03A marriage forged for land, trade and alliance.
01:07As her younger sister, I was the first to protest.
01:10So I offered a compromise.
01:12Then 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.
01:43The 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.
01:57I 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?
02:14Was this not meant to be a Val-held Ashburgu union?
02:17Sister, 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.
02:43A storm raged all night, and I was half asleep on my feet.
02:47Number eight.
02:51My lady, this is number six.
02:55That 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.
03:06So yes.
03:07Last night, fate's wheels came off the rails.
03:15Ugh, this 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?
03:32Does she take me for a chambermaid? Absolutely not. Fetch it yourself.
03:37All right.
03:44It hurts.
03:47You can't stand.
03:49Because of you, you are far too much.
03:58Stay where you are.
04:06Celia!
04:16Did Alaric force himself on you?
04:18No.
04:20No.
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...
04:27Then tell me this.
04:28What do you make of him?
04:30He 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...
04:56What 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.
05:22Husband?
05:30Then fulfill a husband's duty.
05:34What duty?
05:36Give 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.
05:57But 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.
06:08She 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?
06:22We exchange the marriage contracts.
06:24Do you consent or not?
06:25The church record has not yet been entered into the final rolls.
06:28If this preserve order between both houses...
06:30It 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.
06:41Neither pair stood before the hall in full public witness.
06:44It will hold.
06:45Very well.
06:47No!
06:48Wait!
06:48That is all?
06:49Just like that?
06:50And my say in this counts for nothing?
06:52Is there some grievance you wish to raise?
06:53Yes.
06:57You did not seem particularly aggraved last night.
07:00That is entirely beside the point!
07:06Brother, 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.
07:17I already have doubts about the strength of his bloodline as it is.
07:19The strength of my bloodline?
07:21Last night was an accident.
07:22I was on edge.
07:22That does not mean I am...
07:24I can explain this.
07:26Properly.
07:26Only grant me a moment.
07:28Two moments...
07:28I have council matters to attend.
07:31I cannot see you off myself.
07:36Hey!
07:37We are not finished speaking!
07:38I ride for the city in two hours.
07:40You are coming with me.
07:42Yes, my lord.
07:44Young.
07:45Clinging.
07:46Trouble in silk.
07:47But at least she can be reasoned with.
07:56My lord!
07:57Here!
07:58We are going into the city for a short stay.
08:01Not marching on a campaign.
08:08She smells of orchard fruit.
08:12Fresh petals.
08:14Something faint.
08:15Something distracting.
08:33My lord.
08:34Are you unwell?
08:37Be quiet.
08:38Be quiet?
08:40Is that truly how lords speak to people plainly?
08:43To their own wives?
08:44Correction.
08:45Young.
08:46Clinging.
08:47Alarmingly effective.
08:49Defiant.
08:50And it seems wholly incapable of holding her tongue.
08:52Celia.
08:53We must settle something.
08:54Very well.
08:55What is it?
08:56This marriage is an arrangement of houses.
08:58You do understand that?
08:59I do.
08:59As Lady Ashbur, you will be required to appear at councils, feasts and court observances.
09:04You must preserve a certain dignity.
09:05You cannot simply-
09:05That one.
09:06The pale trunk.
09:07Will you hand it to me?
09:09These hands govern bannelmans, roads, levits, grain, trade.
09:14She wants them used for luggage.
09:15Look.
09:16You were far too rough with me last night.
09:18I can scarcely lift a thing.
09:27Lady Celia Volhart Ashbur.
09:30It slipped.
09:31It truly slipped.
09:32I did not mean it.
09:33No food in my carriage.
09:35Why not?
09:37Crumbs.
09:37Odours.
09:39Disorder.
09:42Do you never listen the first time?
09:44I know perfectly well why you are in such a temper.
09:46Because you are hungry.
09:48No crumbs.
09:50Hardly any smell.
09:51And with the straw, no spilling.
09:53I packed warm vegetable soup for you.
10:04Do not let this become a custom.
10:07You sound exactly like my sister.
10:09She says that all the time.
10:11Though when she says, do not make a habit of it, what she really means is,
10:14I will permit it at least 17 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.
10:31But Lady Evelyn is so kind.
10:33Look!
10:34She gave me this!
10:35That bracelet.
10:36It is handed from Ashburr lady to Ashburran lady.
10:38Mother, then this means-
10:40Stay as you are.
10:41Choose what sits right in your own heart.
10:43Do not twist yourself to fit another house.
10:45Do you hear me?
10:46Follow her own heart.
10:47We have indulged one son into uselessness already.
10:50I will not stand by and watch another household be ruined.
10:52They have only just arrived.
10:54Must you begin this tonight?
10:56And that absurd head of his.
10:57What respectable nobleman goes about looking like that?
11:00It is silver hair, not treason.
11:03He altered its shade, nothing more.
11:05Surely that is not a crime in your debtor tree.
11:09Gods, that was magnificent.
11:11Lady Seraphine Velhart, I see now why Velhart placed its reins in your hands.
11:14You 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.
11:23If you demean either of them, Your Grace, you 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.
11:30In 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.
11:39Have you never wondered what drove him from his own home?
11:41How dare you!
11:42Every one of you.
11:44Insulent, unruly, without the least shred of breeding or respect.
11:47Say what you please of me if it satisfies you.
11:50But do not speak to my sister that way.
11:55Father, Celia is my wife.
11:57Her nature, her wishes, the way she carries herself.
12:00None of these are yours to sit in judgment over.
12:02She will come to know this house and its customs.
12:05In time and not by force.
12:07Until then, as long as she stands beside me, her dignity is mine to defend.
12:11Her joy is mine to guard.
12:13She is mine to answer for.
12:21I saw you looking at these before.
12:23It seemed a pity to let leave without them.
12:33White Keep is not an easy house to enter.
12:35We keep too many rules and I will not pretend otherwise.
12:39But do not let them press the life out of you.
12:43As you are now, child.
12:44You are lovely enough.
12:47Thank you, Mother.
12:53Alaric.
12:54Stay a moment.
13:00I know this marriage was not made in the manner anyone intended.
13:04Still, that girl's heart is clean.
13:07She is kind 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.
13:38Truly.
13:39Separating them was impossible.
13:41A contented wife is worth more than the most faultless mistress of a castle.
13:44Three months.
13:45If she still behaves like this, do not expect me to acknowledge her as Ashbur's daughter by marriage.
13:50Hmm.
13:50Three months.
13:51Can I truly shape Celia Veilhart into a lady fit for House Ashbur?
13:55Sit properly.
13:57Celia.
13:58I heard you.
13:59I heard you.
13:59I 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.
14:08Lying 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.
14:16What 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.
14:39This betrothal ends tonight.
14:49If my sister will not remain in House Ashton, then neither shall I!
15:10I will not be afraid to go alone.
15:12How is she?
15:15If my sister will not be in such a way, while my sister will be in such a way.
15:20I will not be afraid.
15:22I will not be afraid if anything.
15:29Seraphine is not an easy woman. She will overrule you at every turn. Is that truly the life you want?
15:35Yes. You do much the same to me already.
15:40Yes, yes I do. I never once said I required some meek little saint for a wife. I care nothing
15:44for that. Go after them and bring them back.
15:46Brother, what is the matter with you? You can govern a keep, command men, settle disputes, outthink half the realm,
15:52but where the heart is concerned you are hopeless.
15:53You 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? In the Duke's front hall, in the dining chamber, in your own bedchamber,
16:07even 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. If you do not go after
16:42her now, there may come no second chance to set this right.
16:48Hold the carriage!
16:50Hold the carriage!
16:58Celia!
17:04It is deep into the night. She does not answer. And those two women are alone out here in the
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17:30intense. Those two women fear.
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.
18:27I 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. You have simply seen too little of the world yet.
18:51Give me a few days. I'll let you meet men worthy of a noble lady. Better men than that one.
18:57Truly? Will 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. Sarah walks more quietly than that. That must be...
19:57Oh. 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.
20:19Twice.
20:19Twice.
20:21And now...
20:22You brought the entire box here?
20:27How is anyone meant to stay angry in the face of this?
20:50Have you finished punishing me yet?
20:51Or do I still have to fetch my wife back to Whitecock by force?
20:57Hmm. 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.
21:10You needn't hide behind all that lordly dignity.
21:14They 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.
21:21Exactly like my sister when she's pretending not to care.
21:23All thorns and frost on the outside.
21:26And 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,
21:38I've decided not to hold it against you any longer.
21:41I forgive you.
21:43You 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,
21:58no physician in the kingdom will save you from the consequences.
22:04You'll grow spoiled and very likely plump.
22:09I beg your pardon?
22:11Wait, cilia.
22:18Which cilia is it that you're calling back?
22:21Plump cilia?
22:23Or slender cilia?
22:29You're not plump.
22:32If anything,
22:34you might do with a little more to you.
22:41Very well.
22:42Perhaps I'm not built like my sister,
22:44but 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.
23:01Sara, 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.
23:09So hear me clearly.
23:10I do not care who he is,
23:12not even the Lord of White Kick.
23:13If staying beside him makes you feel small
23:15or afraid, you do not stay.
23:18You 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
23:25and several lifetimes beside.
23:30The 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.
23:45You are defending him already.
23:46That is how these things begin.
23:48You are only saying that
23:49because no one dotes on you properly.
23:53Keep testing me
23:54and I will send you to supper half shave.
23:56Ow!
23:57Sara!
23:58All right, all right.
23:59I yield.
24:08Ari.
24:09I think my hat is sitting crooked.
24:11I can hardly tell.
24:11Fix it for me.
24:22There.
24:31Everyone else walks hand in hand.
24:34Ari, I want that too.
24:37Celia, this is the middle of the street.
24:43Ari!
24:44Look there!
24:45A puppy!
24:51They're so close.
24:57Celia, we are leaving.
25:02Lord Ashbrook says we must go,
25:04but how is any meant to walk away
25:05from a face like yours?
25:06My lady can have him,
25:08if she wishes.
25:08He ought to belong to someone
25:10who will care for him.
25:11I'll look after him properly,
25:12I swear it.
25:13Stray animals carry filth,
25:15infection, fleas.
25:16You do not know where that creature has been,
25:18so do not simply...
25:19Thank you, my lady.
25:20See?
25:22He's gentle.
25:23Ari, just touch him once.
25:24Only once.
25:26He's so soft.
25:28Truly.
25:29And adorable.
25:35Since you seem determined,
25:37we will take it to the healer.
25:38It will be examined properly,
25:40cleaned,
25:41treated.
25:41If it is found healthy,
25:43then it may stay at Whitekeep.
25:45Truly?
25:45We may keep him?
25:47Ari, you're wonderful.
25:53There is already one pampered,
25:55clingy 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.
26:12Sarah, 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.
26:20You smile and say you're fine,
26:22so 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.
26:32The little sister I've guarded all these years
26:34has at last become someone else's
26:36most carefully kept treasure.
26:38If he shields her this closely,
26:40then perhaps, for once,
26:42I placed her future in the right hands.
26:44Sarah!
26:45My hair!
26:46Go on.
26:47Your lord is waiting.
27:02Then, what is to be done with the younger girl?
27:05Do 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,
27:29you thought we were yours to trample?
27:31Courteous before the altar,
27:32venomous behind the mourning cloth.
27:36I 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 Arm 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.
28:15Then, if 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 Islae is as Ifra is insufferable,
28:29but she reads a room quickly and knows how to secure planning.
28:31And you're on quiet Branch Oswood.
28:33His instincts in trade and alliance are better than I expected.
28:37So, you 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.
28:49I am speaking only of what may be of value in them.
28:52That is not the same thing.
28:53Alaric Ashfield, I hate you!
28:59What in God's name just happened?
29:14What 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, arrogant, double-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, was it not?
30:02No 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, not even one of your personal people.
30:12Just some ordinary servant.
30:20Lady Izaleth,
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 Veilheart 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 escort would never once have entered my notice.
30:46Not for a heartbeat.
30:55His tongue is dreadful,
30:57and yet,
30:58coming from him,
30:59it sounds unfairly wonderful.
31:08My lord,
31:09the inquiry into the Veilheart family.
31:11After Lady Celia's parents died,
31:14certain Veilheart 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.
31:22She lived there near a year with no proper protection,
31:25no guardian,
31:27no 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!
32:06Am I early but not loose yet?
32:08Brother!
32:09Lend me a sack of gold!
32:11No.
32:12I am in genuine ruin.
32:14Advance me a little.
32:16A very little.
32:17I swear,
32:17or I shall repay it.
32:18At some point.
32:20Conceivably.
32:21If heaven is kind.
32:22Is that the purpose of this call?
32:24Well,
32:25then goodbye.
32:29Wait!
32:29Wait!
32:30Why do you sound like winter itself?
32:33Did you offend Celia again?
32:37Ha!
32:38I 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 at Hilly in the Lower Valley.
33:01They take private bookings.
33:02She will adore it.
33:06The Pottery at Hilly in the Lower Valley.
33:07Send me the directions.
33:09I'll be there soon.
33:24I owe far more than an apology, and not only for today.
33:28I do not yet know how to mend this, but I will learn.
33:40Driver, this is the place? Truly? Because I can scarcely see my own hand, and there is not a living
33:45soul anywhere. I swear I just heard something with fangs.
33:54So now you've taken some holy vow of silence? If you'd been despairing with words on my wedding night, I
33:59would not have stepped into the wrong chamber and...
34:03Ah! Ahri! Saints above, you nearly killed me! What are you doing here? How long have you been standing there?
34:15Long enough.
34:17Come on, we're leaving. It's freezing. It's black as a crypt, and that driver has plainly deserted us.
34:25Do not be so quick to flee. The summit has a fine view.
34:31A view of what? I cannot see a-
34:37Ari, look! Fireworks! They're beautiful!
34:42Fireworks are an inefficient use of coin, a brief spectacle compounded of powder and vanity with very poor practical return.
34:49And the smoke alone is enough to-
34:50Ari, do you suffer from some afflictment that makes you recoil from romance?
34:54Shall I summon a physician? Perhaps a priest?
35:01Perhaps fireworks are wasteful. Perhaps they vanish too quickly and serve no sensible purpose.
35:07But if they please you, then that is reason enough.
35:14Is this his way of making it up to me? After all of it? After I left in a temper
35:22and told him his fine words were worth nothing?
35:49I have already departed from my usual judgment several times tonight. I suppose one further indulgence may be allowed.
36:00Hey, no, wait, wait! That is not what I meant!
36:04I meant should we go somewhere else? Somewhere proper? Back to the keep, perhaps? Or home?
36:08I meant home! Home! To sleep!
36:12Separately!
36:20That was not an entirely unreasonable conclusion.
36:23Not unreasonable? Not unreasonable? In what kingdom is that not unreasonable?
36:28I asked what came next, not for you to carry me off like some barbarian bride thief. You leap far
36:32too quickly.
36:33The circumstances suggested that-
36:34The circumstances suggested nothing!
36:36I say one harmless sentence and in your mind it turns into a summons to my bedchamber. This is entirely
36:41your doing!
36:46This is not finished!
36:50No. It is not. It is not. And the night has not yet run its course.
37:03Serefta, please tell me again that the marriage covenant said only twice a week.
37:07What happened now? Don't tell me he's been-
37:10Every. Single. Night.
37:14Men will always be men. Even Alaric Ashpurg, the patron saint of household rules, sealed ledgers and proper order, proves
37:21no different when it comes to this.
37:22My back aches. My legs ache. I swear even my bones are offended.
37:26Hush. I'll handle it.
37:28Once I bury him in enough estate business, he won't have the leisure to return before midnight. He'll scarcely have
37:34time to blink.
37:36Truly? Oh, Serafine, you are the finest sister ever born.
37:41Naturally.
37:43Ari, are you coming back to our chamber tonight?
37:46I'll be delayed. There's still business from the keep to settle. Sleep without waiting for me.
37:49I see. Then I must stand watch over this dreadful empty room all by myself. Alone. In this vast, freezing,
37:55desolate bed.
37:56Is something the matter?
37:58I'll endure. Somehow. Good night, Ari.
38:05Serafine is a miracle worker!
38:10No Alaric Ashpurg looming over me like a castle watchtower. No correcting my posture.
38:15No solemn speeches about what is sufficient within a marriage.
38:19Freedom, my long-lost love. I'm coming for you.
38:28Celia! I've missed you to death! You've vanished for ages!
38:32What, did you hide away with some secret sweetheart?
38:36Lord Ashpurg, forgive us for dragging you out to such an hour, but that pastry stall just there is famed
38:41all through this quarter.
38:43Finest cheese pastries in the city.
38:45Why not carry some back to your lady wife?
38:47A peaceful household begins with a pleased wife, eh?
38:51Celia has been...
38:52...troublesome 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.
39:16Celia...
39:19That lord outside is staring at you as if he means to freeze the whole street.
39:22Tell me you know him.
39:24Wasn't Ari supposed to be detained at the council until late?
39:26Wasn't Serafine 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, this is unexpected.
39:41What astounding 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.
39:53I...
39:53Well, a friend asked me to come.
39:56I had never seen such a place before.
39:58I only wished to look.
39:59Oh, no.
40:01No, no, no.
40:02Here it comes.
40:02The lord of rules and winter heirs.
40:04Will he rebuke me before the whole street?
40:06Can a husband confine his wife to her chambers?
40:08Surely he cannot.
40:10Can he?
40:11At 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.
40:25But this will not pass without consequence.
40:27No, 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.
40:36I shall personally see to your instruction.
40:38Each afternoon you will learn proper conduct, deportment, and the rules of public appearance.
40:41I will examine how you fare.
40:42Instruction?
40:43Lessons here?
40:44In my own households?
40:45Yes.
40:45Well, perhaps, in truth, my back may not pain me quite much now, nor my legs.
40:50Perhaps, instead, you might simply...
40:51No.
40:52Ari, must I truly?
40:54Could you not overlook it just this once?
40:55I shall behave beautifully.
40:56I swear it.
40:57As Lady of House Ashfield, there will be feasts, winter balls, chapel observances, and noble gatherings where all eyes will
41:02be upon you.
41:03If you do not know how to carry yourself, they will laugh.
41:06And their laughter will not stop with you.
41:08It will reach Serafainen as well.
41:11All right.
41:13Then, tonight is finished?
41:15You mean not to pursue it further?
41:17See that this does not become your custom.
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