I kind of feel sorry for Maura, even if she didn't decide to hold back on confessing; the way Gaile is right now, I don't see her love bearing fruit any time soon. It's not going to end well if she confesses now. I don't even remember the last time he seemed to show a hint of attraction to a girl, crafting cursed artifacts with these rare materials is like his one true love right now.
Anyway, it's more annoying that the trial for Wolf Fang got interrupted seemingly by order of the princess. The beating they got was insufficient as comeuppance and they learned absolutely nothing from it.