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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!
15:05I will not stand by and hear her!
15:06Celia!
15:07You drove your own wife away.
15:08What in God's name has that to do with me?
15:10I have no wish to lose mine with her!
15:13What possessed you?
15:15You humiliated a young lady in front of everyone, and now my marriage is paying the price for your temper.
15:20She is too headstrong.
15:21someone had to then scold your own duchess in private do not drag me beneath the same cartwheel
15:27I never agreed to be crushed with you Seraphine is not an easy woman she will overrule you at
15:32every turn is that truly the life you want yes you do much the same to me already yes yes
15:40I do
15:41I never once said I required some meek little saint for a wife I care nothing for that go after
15:45them and bring them back brother what is the matter with you you can govern a keep command
15:49men settle disputes out think half the realm but 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
15:58her as though she were the one thing in this world you cannot bear to see harmed did you think
16:02I did
16:02not notice in the Duke's front hall in the dining chamber in your own bedchamber even the inner
16:07room you were forever looking after her you 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
16:43come no second chance to set this right hold 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
17:16way
17:17quickly there's been an accident
17:27stand aside make way
17:39not them thank heaven
17:45Sarah 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
18:20and send you every sweet you favor I'll even have the confectioner bring in the honey chocolates from the southern
18:25caravans
18:27I 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
18:46do 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
18:58truly
18:59will they be as handsome as Alaric
19:01more so
19:04and
19:04will 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
19:17huh
19:25liar
19:33go on go on
19:34take him
19:35Preis
19:36useless 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 the ones they only make 10 of each morning
20:13i have been trying to get one for months i 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
20:50have 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
21:14they were sent up with other gifts nothing more i 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
21:23all thorns and frost on the outside and sweet preserve in the middle
21:29like a sugared quince
21:31you're inventing nonsense
21:35still 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 you can be won over absurdly easily
21:46what was that
21:54i 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
22:03you'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
22:22or slender cilia
22:29you're not plump
22:32if anything
22:34you might do with a little more to you
22:41very well
22:41perhaps 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
23:00sarah 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
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
23:17you 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
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
23:41he 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
23:57sarah
23:58all right
23:59all right
23:59i yield
24:08ahri
24:09i 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
24:34ari i want that too
24:37celia this is the middle of the street
24:43ari
24:44look there
24:44a puppy
24:51they're so close
24:58celia
24:58we are leaving
25:02lord ashbrook says we must go
25:04but 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 will 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
25:19thank you my lady
25:20see
25:22he's gentle
25:22ari just touch him once
25:24only once
25:26he's so soft
25:28truly
25:29and adorable
25:35since 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
25:43then it may stay at white keep
25:45truly
25:45we may keep him
25:46ari 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
26:09before 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
26:20you smile and say you're fine
26:21so 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
26:42i placed her future in the right hands
26:44sarah
26:45my hair
26:46go 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
27:18hold your tongue
27:19why should i
27:20she is only a useless little thing
27:21no father
27:22no mother
27:23no standing
27:24no
27:25what was it you called my sister
27:26because our parents are in their graves
27:29you 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
27:38and 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
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
28:25each 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
28:30and 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
28:49i 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
29:18you're not returning to white heap for now
29:19that frozen tyrant
29:21please
29:22alaric ashperth
29:24he's nothing but a court performance in a velvet cloak
29:29celia
29:30faithless
29:32arrogant
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
30:02no 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
30:10not even one of your personal people
30:12just some ordinary servant
30:20lady 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
30:42those of your score would never once have entered my notice
30:46not for a heartbeat
30:55his tongue is dreadful
30:56and yet
30:58coming 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
31:25no guardian
31:26no household
31:28a 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 ashbird
31:58you damned fool
32:08brother lend me a sack of gold
32:11no
32:12i am in genuine ruin
32:14advance 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
32:24well
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
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
33:42truly
33:43because i can scarcely see my own hand
33:44and there is not a living soul anywhere
33:47i 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
34:01and
34:04ah
34:04ah
34:09ari
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 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
34:28the summit has a fine view
34:31a view of what
34:32i cannot see a
34:37ari
34:37look
34:39fireworks
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 that makes you recoil from romance
34:54shall i summon a physician
34:55perhaps a priest
35:01perhaps fireworks are wasteful
35:02perhaps they vanish too quickly and serve no sensible purpose
35:06but
35:07if they please you
35:09then that is reason enough
35:14is this
35:16his way of making it up to me
35:18after all of it
35:20after i left in a temper and told him his fine words were worth nothing
35:38so what comes after this
35:49i have already departed from my usual judgment several times tonight
35:54i suppose one further indulgence may be allowed
36:00hey no wait wait that is not what i meant i meant should we go somewhere else somewhere proper back
36:06to the keep perhaps or home i meant home home to sleep
36:12separately
36:13separately
36:19that
36:20was not an entirely unreasonable conclusion
36:22not unreasonable
36:24not unreasonable
36:25in what kingdom is that not unreasonable
36:27i asked what came next
36:29not for you to carry me off like 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 and 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
37:02Serefta
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
37:14men will always be men
37:15even alaric ashperg
37:17the patron saint of household rules
37:19sealed 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
37:37oh
37:38Serafine you are the finest sister ever boy
37:40born naturally
37:43ari are you coming back to our chamber tonight
37:46i'll be delayed
37:47there'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
37:53alone in this vast freezing desolate bed
37:56is something the matter
37:57i'll endure
37:59somehow
38:00good night ari
38:05seraphine is a miracle worker
38:10no alaric ashberg 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
38:21i'm coming for you
38:28selia i've missed you to death
38:30you've vanished for ages
38:32what did you hide away with some secret sweet car
38:36lord ashberg 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
38:47a peaceful household begins with a pleased wife eh
38:50selia has been troublesome of late
38:53perhaps something sweet will keep her content
38:56a small reward for remaining in white hope as she promised
39:02very well
39:16celia
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
39:38ari
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 wish 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
40:06can 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
40:25but this will not pass without consequence
40:27no no absolutely not ari i am still sore everywhere my back my legs everything aches have mercy
40:33what in heaven's name do you think i meant i was speaking of tomorrow i shall personally see to your
40:37instruction each afternoon you will learn proper conduct depornment and the rules of public appearance i will examine how you
40:42fare instruction lessons here in my own households yes well perhaps in truth my back may not pain me quite
40:49much now nor my legs perhaps instead you might simply
40:51no
40:52ari must i truly could you not overlook it just this once i shall behave beautifully i 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
41:07it 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 mean not to pursue it yet
41:21then
41:21the
41:21it
41:22the
41:23the
41:24You
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