The next morning, we both awoke around 6;00, since the twilight sky was a bright orange. He got dressed when I did, and then, he went back to court. So were the ways of my life, at 8:00 P.m. he would come see me and then, at 6:00, he would leave. I wished I could marry him! I wondered each day what the romance of sexuality felt like, and I wanted to know. But I would know tonight, I thought, I would know tonight.

Around 6:00 p.m. He came to get me, and he had my ceremonial dress with him. I slipped it on, armor and all, with the help of maids to fasten it. He led me by hand out of the tower, and I saw the dining room, where he must have been in parliament. There stood a man of great stature and my sister, Elizabeth, who was to witness. And the ceremony started.