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The lavish parlor went still as the farmer faced Isadora's father, her stance firm as weathered oak. While the lord pondered the three-decade lease, the young woman's steady eyes found Isadora—pampered, sheltered, and utterly unprepared. The air grew heavy, charged with something far deeper than commerce: this was a proposal of marriage. Isadora watched, her pulse loud in her ears, as her father weighed the outrageous yet shrewd offer, feeling the gilded bars of her cage begin to buckle.