Again, as if reading her thoughts, Jamie spoke softly, "It wis different wi’ ma ain folk, ye ken. Dougal’s wis an arranged marriage, like Colum’s an a matter mair o’ lan’s an business nor the wanting o’ each ither. But ma parents—well, they wed for love, against the wishes o’ baith families, an’ sae we were... no cut aff, exactly; but mair bi oorsels at Lallybroch. Ma parent’s didna gang often tae visit relatives or dae business ootside, an’ sae ah think they turned mair tae each ither nor husband an’ wife usually dae."