[It certainly can be.]

Oh, I totally agree.

[Victor's a little surprised, but -- well. Different worlds. . .]

It's when two people join together to live the rest of their lives together. Usually because they love each other, although my parents arranged my marriage to Victoria purely for monetary and social reasons -- the Everglots needed access to our fortune, and my parents wanted the prestige of being in-laws to a lord and lady.