Reincarnation: Chapter Nine Comments

I, as Eloise and Hans, began three months of meeting at the meadow, innocence on my part, did not allow me to see the danger.
Hans, I think did understand, and aside from an occasional peck on the cheek he merely talked and talked of his hopes and dreams of the future and ultimately he slowly let me know that he was promised to another in a nearby village.
I was at first disbelieving that this could be so, after all he and I seemed perfect for each other.
But slowly I realized that he was trying to tell me that his family would never allow a marriage between us given my lack of a family background and did not, in fact, have much to offer in the way of a dowry.
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