“Margaret, I know I don’t have much to offer you, and I know it’s hard to imagine anything going right after the hunt, and I know you could probably think of at least a hundred better men than me to marry, but I meant it when I said there’s a life for us—a good one. A country where we don’t have to be afraid. A house in the countryside. A whole library full of smutty books and a huge kitchen and seven kids—or no kids—and five hounds just like Trouble. Whatever you want, I swear I’ll make it happen. I swear I’ll make you happy.”
