Talk:Corvo Attano/@comment-67.241.60.227-20121018214635/@comment-27202257-20121101172300

"I would like to point out that Emily specifically uses the word "won't" instead of don't. This means that her mother asked him to marry her at some point but he refused."

Not necessarily. There could be a thousand reasons why Corvo and Jessamine don't get married, and Jessamine may be privy to/agree with them. All a child is going to see is that her mother likes this man very much, but they're not married, so that must mean he won't do it. She won't see that there are distinct and mutually recognized barriers to that effect.