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While the Duchess hides her surprise and invites the family to dinner, the Wentworth family's and Eunice's appearance creates a new shock.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"At the ball, when Duke Edwin Ascar announces the woman he will marry, the guests are stunned; it was thought he had no relationship with anyone. Edwin introduces Lady Anri Wentworth as his fiancée to the Dowager Duchess Elizabeth Ascar. While the Duchess hides her surprise and invites the family to dinner, the Wentworth family's and Eunice's appearance creates a new shock.","key_events":["Anri's family arrives; Eunice's unexpected appearance surprises everyone","Dowager Duchess meets Anri and questions her origins and relationship","Duke introduces his secret fiancée to guests at the ball and leaves early","Dowager Duchess invites Wentworth family to stay and dine","Ladies gossip about the Duke's secret fiancée causing disappointment","Anri states she is from Cotny and defends the Duke's kind treatment"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"EDWIN ASCAR...!\nSPEAKING WITH HER EYES\nYOU DO REALIZE THAT YOU'VE JUST MADE FOOLS OF ALL OUR GUESTS?\n\nI'M GETTING MARRIED, JUST LIKE YOU WANTED ME TO. SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?\nDID HE JUST SAY, \"THE WOMAN I'LL BE MARRYING\"?\nTHE DOWAGER DUCHESS CLEARLY TOLD US THAT HE WASN'T INVOLVED WITH ANYONE.\nAFTER ALL THE MONEY WE SPENT DOLLING UP OUR DAUGHTERS FOR THIS BALL...\nUNBELIEVABLE\n\nTO THINK THAT THE DUKE HAD A FIANCÉ ALL ALONG...!\nI FEEL BAD FOR ALL THE LADIES...\nWHO CAME TO THIS BALL THINKING THEY HAD A CHANCE WITH THE DUKE.\n\nLADIES.\nI THANK YOU FOR GRACING US WITH YOUR COMPANY THIS EVENING.\nI HOPE YOU CAN FORGIVE ME FOR TAKING AN EARLY LEAVE FROM THE FESTIVITIES.\n\nENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING, LADIES.\nCOME ALONG.\n\nCINDERELLA FOR HIRE (3)\n\nELIZABETH ASCAR DOWAGER DUCHESS OF BRISTON\n\nI APOLOGIZE FOR NOT PROPERLY GREETING YOU.\nYOU GAVE ME QUITE A SHOCK, YOU SEE.\nIT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, LADY WENTWORTH.\nTHE PLEASURE IS ALL MINE, DUCHESS.\n\nAS YOU MAY ALREADY BE AWARE, OUR MANOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUITE SHORTHANDED...\nAND I'M AFRAID I'VE BEEN SO BUSY WITH MANAGING THE AFFAIRS OF THE HOUSEHOLD...\nTHAT I'VE HAD VERY LITTLE CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT YOU, LADY WENTWORTH.\nTHERE'S NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE, DUCHESS!\n\nI HAIL FROM COTNY, IN THE SOUTHWEST.\nIT'S SUCH A REMOTE AREA, THAT IT'S ONLY NATURAL YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HEARD OF IT.\nYOU SURE TRAVELED A LONG WAY TO GET HERE.\nWHY ISN'T HE SAYING ANYTHING?\n\nYOU CAN'T JUST SIT THERE IN SILENCE AFTER INTRODUCING ME TO YOUR FIANCÉ!\nI CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE REAL EDWIN.\nNOW I UNDERSTAND WHY HE CHOSE TO KEEP HIS IDENTITY HIDDEN.\n\nTHE \"BRISTON\" FAMILY IS INCREDILY WEALTHY...\nIN ADDITION TO BEING THE OLDEST AND MOST POWERFUL FAMILY IN THE KINGDOM.\nAND...\n...I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT HE'S INCREDIBLY HANDSOME, EVEN IF THIS ISN'T EXACTLY HOW I PICTURED HIM...\n\nHOLD ON, DOESN'T THIS MEAN...\n\n...THAT I STOLE QUEEN ELIZE'S MAN?!\nI WAS WONDERING...\nTHE BUMPKING WHO STOLE THE QUEEN'S PARAMOUR\n\n...JUST HOW YOU TWO CAME TO MEET.\nAND WHY LADY ANRI AGREED TO THIS MARRIAGE.\nIF I DO SAY SO MYSELF...\nI KNOW THAT MY EDWIN IS A VERY HANDSOME, REFINED GENTLEMAN...\nMOTHER.\nWE SHOULD PROBABLY GREET ANRI'S FAMILY BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE.\n\n...BUT HE CAN ALSO BE QUITE TACTLESS.\nUGH, YOU DON'T NEED TO TELL ME TWICE.\nNOT AT ALL, DUCHESS.\nDUKE EDWIN HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT KIND TO ME.\n\nHE DIDN'T CRUSH OUR FAMILY, EVEN AFTER ALL THE LIP I'VE BEEN GIVING HIM...\nAND CONSIDERING HOW HOT-TEMPERED HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE, THAT SHOULD COUNT AS AN ACT OF KINDNESS!\n\nI-I SEE. I'M VERY RELIEVED TO HEAR THAT.\n\nHOW... HOW CAN THIS BE, MOTHER?!\nHOW CAN ANRI GET MARRIED BEFORE ME?!\nNOT ONLY DID THAT MYSTERIOUS GENTLEMAN TURN OUT TO BE DUKE BRISTON...\nYOU SHOULD'VE SEEN THE LOOK ON DUCHESS BRISTON'S FACE...\n\nMY GOSH!\n...HE TOOK AN INTEREST IN ANRI...\nAND EVEN INTRODUCED HER TO HIS MOTHER...\nMOOOM...!\nBE QUIET!\nCAN YOU PLEASE STOP CRYING? IT'S EMBARRASSING.\nEITHER WAY...\n\n...AS LONG AS ONE OF THE WENTWORTH GIRLS MARRIES THE DUKE, I'LL GET TO BE...\n...THE MOTHER OF A DUCHESS!\nOH MY!!\nI KNEW PLAYING MOTHER TO THAT BRAT WOULD PAY OFF SOMEDAY!\n\nI MUST ADMIT, I HAD NO IDEA THAT DUKE BRISTON...\nHAD BECOME SO ENAMORED BY \"MY DAUGHTER.\"\nIT'S NO SURPRISE AT ALL, CONSIDERING HOW LOVELY AND KIND YOUR DAUGHTER IS, VISCOUNTESS.\nI MUST SAY... THAT THIS ALL FEELS LIKE SOME SORT OF A DREAM.\nBECAUSE I HAD \"NO IDEA\" THAT THESE TWO WERE INVOLVED WITH ONE ANOTHER.\nEXCUSE ME?!\nI MUST SAY...\n\nOH MY...!\nEDWIN, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!\nTHIS MUST HAVE COME AS QUITE A SHOCK TO YOU...\nI APOLOGIZE IN MY RUDE SON'S STEAD, VISCOUNTESS WENTWORTH.\nNO NEED FOR THAT AT ALL!\nI SUPPOSE THAT'S JUST HOW MUCH THE DUKE TREASURES \"MY ANRI.\"\n\nBUT HE STILL SHOULD HAVE BEEN HONEST WITH HIS INTENTIONS TOWARD YOUR PRECIOUS DAUGHTER.\nI MUST INSIST YOU SPEND THE EVENING HERE...\nAND JOIN US FOR A MEAL TOMORROW.\nLADY EUNICE WENTWORTH, DUCHESS.\n\nOH, FINALLY. THE WHOLE FAMILY IS HERE.\nEUNICE...?\nWHO?\nAT LAST!\n\nEUNICE!\nTH-THIS... IS EUNICE...?\nEUNICE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS!\n\nARE YOU SURE YOU BROUGHT THE RIGHT GIRL?\nDON'T BE SILLY. WE CAME IN THE SAME CARRIAGE TOGETHER.\nALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY BEST FRIEND AND SISTER, EUNICE!\n\nS-S-SO...\n\n...THIS REALLY IS EUNICE?!?","bubble_count":98,"pages_count":29,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"At the ball, when Duke Edwin Ascar announces the woman he will marry, the guests are stunned; it was thought he had no relationship with anyone.","spoiler_summary":"At the ball, when Duke Edwin Ascar announces the woman he will marry, the guests are stunned; it was thought he had no relationship with anyone. Edwin introduces Lady Anri Wentworth as his fiancée to the Dowager Duchess Elizabeth Ascar. 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