In America we have "marriages of convenience" that aren't officially arranged by matchmaker, but everybody knows they are not for reasons of love. Common scenarios include an unplanned pregnancy(or even just parents freaking out about the loss of a girl's virginity or reputation), a girl whose family has hit upon hard times marrying a rich, usually older man or a girl marrying to get away from home(as Kitty did). Some of these happened in my family, or to people I knew. They were people of an earlier generation. If you remember one of the plot elements in Titanic was Rose being betrothed to Billy Zane's character because her family had had a reversal of fortune and God forbid her or her mother should have to out and work. There weren't hat many jobs respectable ladies were eligible for. There was a lady at home(born 1907, now dead, of course) who did this. She had at least one torrid affair, when her husband was an electrician in the Army during World War II, yet. They stayed married, though. I'm sure he suspected. There's nothing new under the sun.
"I didn't betray you--I simply put a stop to you."
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