            "Surely you’re not that unaware of the ancient pureblood customs?" When she didn’t answer, he drawled on, "Marriage between purebloods is highly sanctioned between the families, especially so in earlier centuries. As such, many women were involved in arrangements they found highly...dissatisfying. While the marriage bond has its strengths, it cannot physically link a husband to his wife. Some decided to use Retinacula to keep their wives in check. I believe that, through the ritual, the wife can be magically tied to her husband’s rope, so to speak. She could be dragged back, should she wander astray. No matter how far she ran, the wife could always be hauled back to her husband’s side."