Early Ramifications: Mid Winter's Eve Part 3

"But my Lord-"

"Every word she has said is the truth, Rory." 

"But I'm happily married and don't want to-"

"You make it sound like I do."

"But… she's just a-"

"A what?  A woman?  If you believe that your wife is worse off than I thought."

"A CHILD!"  Rory roared, his eyes frantic.  "By her own admission, she is only eighteen and-"

"And by the laws of the Necromancers before me and the city of Portal, she is of age to be a full woman in the eyes of the law and the eyes of man." 

"But then-"

"Your oldest daughter is sixteen, is she not?" 

"Well… fourteen." 

"Then she will soon be, legally speaking, of marrying age, despite not being considered an adult in our society, is that not so?" 

"This is different!"