A scandal over a broken engagement erupted in a neighboring country.

The prince, claiming to have found true love, framed his now-inconvenient fiancée with false accusations and denounced her.

The one they condemned was my dear cousin.

I was still seething, vowing never to forgive them, when, to my utter astonishment, an engagement proposal arrived from *that* country.

Oh, is that so? So you intend to make a fool of me to the very end, do you?

In that case, I shall accept.

I couldn't care less about your circumstances; why on earth should *I* need to concern myself with them?