Yeah i thought same
But maybe he exaggerated after looking at the blood stains
Why do people kept assuming he's not planning his part of the wedding? Should he be the one to choose Ripley's wardrobe and everything?
Besides this is a good opportunity for Ripley to sit down and rest properly(even if she still chose to work instead, which the duke disapproved but he didn't forcefully told her to stop her work) but at least she didn't need to go outside and give her body more stress. She had nosebleed for two times during those wedding preparations+work. Her complexion was poor, which was highlighted by not only the duke, but Wright and Etoire. Even Sylvia acknowledge it.
Yeah, it seems harsh to "ground" Ripley, the duke has no right to do that... no right as a decent human that is. But he's far from decent lmao, he's an obsessive duke (￣∇￣") But the stubborn girl needed it. And fyi it gave her the time to finish both her work and the wedding preparations lol.
he is planning everything. she still needs to fit shoes and a wedding dress though? also, the author said that he wanted her to be inside to rest. though yeah... “I’ve never intended to let you live as a free lady.” is a bit much. We don't know what he really meant by this yet...
Yeah that's what I was thinking it really made me mad when he said that.
Agreed. Somehow i agree with the duke in this. She didnt look like she's looking forward to the wedding since she kept on doing her VOLUNTARY business when she supposed to focus on her wedding instead. She need to put her priorities right. Imagine if it is the other way around, where the duke getting busy with voluntary work instead of focusing on their wedding, at the same time she was the only one focus on the wedding, she might get angry at the duke too.
It's actually in the context of "I will never ever let you go", "I will never let you be free from me", "and no matter what, you will be the duchess of Ingrid"(because Ripley said she wasn't a duchess yet so her schedule should be set by her, and not follow his schedule-- which is the scheduled wedding).
So in the novel they were discussing about how the marriage couldn't be delayed and Ripley needed to follow the wedding schedule and that Geronis told Ripley to do everything else after the marriage(to which Ripley suggest that the marriage could be delayed a little) because everyone important, and even the Emperor himself would attend the wedding. The schedule has already been set, any delay in wedding is non negotiable.
In the novel he explicitly said to Ripley: "I would never, ever, let you free Lady" so I assume the free lady is meant as someone that is still available?
Of course the translation itself could be mistranslated (although this chapter of the novel that was translated is on the better side of the translation, it's not heavily MTL'ED).
"I will never ever let you go" yeah this is better than "I will never let you be free from me". lol sounds like he's forcing her into this marriage. but obviously, she asked him to marry her this time. but still didn't put in the effort to have a wedding since the Duke is planning everything.
Where does he get the nerve of acting as if he is her ruler. It’s Supposed to be a marriage NOT a slave contract. He Has the audacity of saying “I’ve never intended to let you live as a free lady.” At this point I feel like he’s more concerned with processing her than he is Her general health. If the wedding so important to him he should plan it.