betrothed Quotes

“Adding yet another thread, Nicholas is betrothed at age 12 to the equally young daughter of another wool merchant, historically accurate but perhaps jarring to the under-12 readers of today.”

“Twenty-four years ago I returned, proud and joyful, to my country. I had a betrothed, Albert, a lovely girl whom I adored, and I was bringing to my betrothed a hundred and fifty louis, painfully amassed by ceaseless toil.”