"I have to get out of this room immediately?" said Annabelle when she found out that this room was the Duke's. Quickly, he stepped towards the door of the room, but Albert's hand held him back.
"If you leave without me from this room, the maids will be suspicious, if you are stealing something from me, so wait here! I will change my clothes and go to parliament, after which I will escort you to your room, My Lady, so that you can prepare to return to your estate."
"Both of them are equally detrimental to me. If I go out with you from this room, they'll think we've…?"
"That's a better choice, than all the maids here thinking you're a thief, after all aren't we already engaged. I have tied you up by paying off your estate," said Albert with a triumphant face.
"You really are a sly man, My Lord," Annabelle quipped in a formal tone.
"That will keep you from running away from me, My Lady."
