Elizabeth looks mortified and afraid when the guests of the wedding feast start making suggestion about the wedding night. In reality, a woman of the age would have been quite familiar with those procedures, as the public bedding of noble newlyweds was quite common. The notion of marriage for love is a modern one, and at the time it would have been seen as a contract, and women were educated to expect it.
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