"I am to eventually pay my own way, my lord," she said. Oh, if only he knew how chaotic it really was in the manse with her brothers all filled with some mischief or another, one sister who wants everything she has and another who wished to have been kidnapped instead of losing her fiance to God knows what. Being tired still made her snap a little against the judgment she picked up on, she was compelled to defend herself... "You do know that I was kidnapped and therefor I am considered damaged goods through no choice of my own, correct?" She began to put her things in the basket, then paused to look at him with transparent tiredness in her eyes. "Nobody will want to marry me as it is and it is better this way. Better to live my best life than to bemoan becoming an old maid. I certainly don't wish to marry in any case... If you have ever seen the way my sister grew obsessed with her missing fiance, I don't think you would be able to blame me one bit for my choice." She lifted her chin indignantly.