| Increasingly dissatisfied with her life at the palace, and learning that she was chosen to be the prince's bride to keep the family lineage beautiful as opposed to true love, Ella brings up the possibility of breaking the engagement | |
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| They receive news that the king and queen are holding a royal ball | She made Ella a slave once she got rid of the maids and other services around the house pleading they were not needed |
She managed to attend by wearing her mother's old wedding dress and glass slippers she won in a wager with the town's glassblower and getting a ride from a friendly coachman.
20| He taught Ella to read and he himself is a huge fan of books | Jed is very philosophical and often ponders life |
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| He first appears when taking over Ella's history lesson after his father has a stroke | In truth, after the king died, the queen had adopted thirteen orphaned girls after her own daughter was a stillborn |
She tells him to wait six months, however, so that she has time to sort things out and ask again.
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