Status Updates From A Rogue of One's Own (A Lea...

“it is nigh impossible for a woman to achieve anything when burden with a husband, and the constant demands of wifely protocol, not to mention children.”

- Lucie’s reasoning for not wanting to get married.

“She had taken a rogue into her bed, into her life…”

Lucie and Tristan’s “friends with benefits” situation is just like the relationships in modern time. Instead of traditionally following the order of approval, courting, marriage, then sex, they go for sex then decide from there what they want to be. It’s complex but very similar to how relationships are now in the modern world. This is the freedom I think Lucie is fighting for in a way for women.

“She looked down at him, glorious in his nudity, and briefly, she felt drunk on the possibilities that came with having a lover of few principles. It felt peculiarly close to freedom.”