"I shall not insult your intelligence by saying I love you!" When Rauwerd van Kempler proposed to Tilly, he made it clear that their marriage was strictly a union of convenience. The marriage would bring him a wife who would run his home and partner him on social occasions, and Tilly would have the security of a roof over her head and a man ho could be depended upon not to make passionate love to her. But suddenly Tilly wasn't so sure that was all she wanted from him.