Laws of that time

Marie: Madam would never come to talk into my bedroom, she always invited me into hers. But that time was an exception.

Task: Go through the bedroom in ghosts mode.

Lynette: Marie, I need to discuss a very serious matter with you.

Marie: So it’s not about suitors, balls and good manners?

Lynette: About the system of inheritance in our country. Do you know who owns this house after Samuel’s death?

Marie: I always thought it was you.

Lynette: Unfortunately, no. Law dictates that it goes to the closest agnate. The wife and daughter have nothing in that case.

Marie: So the house belongs to uncle Robert?

Lynette: And only because of his affection to us and deep respect for the late Samuel he allows us to live here. In case of his sudden death the house goes to his distant relatives or the crown.

Marie: Which will probably not be as kind…

Lynette: Bravo. But if the daughter of the deceased gets married, her husband becomes the main and only heir.

Marie: That’s why you want me to get married so badly.

Lynette: Exactly. And you turn down every candidate, although, mind you, I’m not insisting on anyone particular, I’m giving you a choice, girl.

Marie: Then I am ready to please you. I’ve already chosen a fiancé.

Lynette: Don’t tell me you plan on marrying Leonard!

Marie: And what’s wrong with that? He’s a man, he can own the house too, so what do you care, madam? He will not chase you away, if that’s what you’re worried about.

Lynette: Girl, your insolence is better fit for a boy from the street, not a lady!

Marie: Madam, I’m only following your example.

A resonant smack. Laughter.

Marie: Ah, madam, I’m not five years old anymore.

Lynette: That’s right, you are not. My girl, I’m taking pains for you. Think about what marriage with a beggarly boy can give you, even if it’s registered in the church at all.

The madam’s voice became softer, and girl also sounds serious and sad.

Marie: No, madam. And I am sorry too, that we didn’t become close to each other. Father would be glad if we did.

You completed the task and received some points of freedom and some tokens

Marie: That was when I realized that we could have become friends and even be really close. But it was too late already.