How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"It is only glass, you know. Nothing fine or grand. Your Mother knew it, when she accepted it with my hand. And she knew I danced as well as a tree. She knew about the politics and duties and responsibilities of marrying into royalty. She knew all those…unfortunate things. Things some people might even call ghastly." (30.24)
Here the King makes it clear that the only ethical way for someone to marry into the royal family, with all the duties that entails, is for them to do so with eyes open. It'd be terrible if someone thought they were getting one thing with their marriage and then they turned out to have this whole barrel of responsibilities waiting for them after the wedding. We find ourselves agreeing with the King more and more.