Then he said, "How say'st thou, Griselda? Wilt be my
true wife, subject to my will, as a dutiful wife should be?"
And looking in his face, she said solemnly, as if it were her marriage
vow, "I will be my lord's faithful servant, obedient in all things."
Then they brought rich robes to put on Griselda, and the priest
pronounced the wedding ceremony, and the bridal feast was eaten, and
patient Griselda became a great duchess.
For a time all went on happily in the country of Saluzzo, where Duke
Walter held reign. The people loved the meek duchess no less that she
was lowly born; and when two beautiful twin babes were born to the
duke, a boy and girl, the joy was unbounded all over the kingdom.
Walter, too, was very joyful; or, he would have been very happy, if a
demon of distrust had not been growing up in his heart ever since he
had married the beautiful Griselda. He saw how gentle she was, and how
obedient to him in all things, and he was all the time uncertain
whether this yielding spirit was caused by love of him, or by gratitude
at the high place to which he had lifted her, and the grandeur with
which he had surrounded her.
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