<div style="text-align: justify;">Mary Ann wasn’t happy at all with the idea of getting married. She would probably have stayed single had she not needed to marry for her father’s sake. Marriage was not an attractive prospect for the young woman, and neither was having children, which she was sure was something that would be required of her. Oh, well. The things a young woman did for her family. <br/><br/>Going to the place that would be her new house was not exactly pleasant. Sure, she had seen that house before - from the outside. But she had always picture a beautiful place on the inside. Not that gloomy and cold place. It was too late to turn back, though. She was not doing this as a means to be happy. She was doing this as a means of paying for her father’s debt and leaving his home. <br/><br/>The servants who worked for her husband-to-be scared Mary Ann a little. Or, if she were to be honest, a lot. Those dead eyes gave her the chills, and the idea that she hadn’t even met the man she was about to marry yet did not bode well. All of them looked scary and odd, but Mary Ann tried not to feel too freaked out. <br/><br/>When the woman suggested the dress, Mary Ann looked at it and pondered for a moment. The dress was beautiful, but it wasn’t what she would have chosen for a wedding dress had Katherine not suggested it. The woman should know the man she would marry better than she did, though, and Mary Ann decided to accept her suggestion. “Thank you, Katherine”, she replied quietly. “I shall wear this dress, if it will please my future husband”, Mary Ann completed.<br/><br/>Once she was ready, dressed and with her hair done, Mary Ann left her room with Katherine. She was extremely nervous and a little scared of the place and of the man she would marry. Yet, she was planning to go through with the wedding unless he decided not to want her anymore. She was trying to relax when Katherine asked her that question about whether or not she was frightened. “Who… can sense my fear, Katherine?”, Mary Ann asked, even though she felt that she would not like the answer. “I am not going anywhere until you tell me”, the young woman completed firmly, planting her feet on the ground and crossing her arms to make clear she had every intention of carrying through with what she had just said.</div>