@yuushira She married there because of her former rape situation, and that made her undesirable. He is a duke, but a beggar one, they have basically no income, they lived in relative poverty before the marriage. It was a compromise from her, in exchange of getting married somewhere, they got a huge load of money. But, and this is a big but, from the conversation with her uncle, she could leave if she'd fess up about everything to the uncle. They could conclude an investigation covertly, and uncover the retardedness that is in the Duke house. It would not only break Claude's reputation completely, but his inetpcy and treatment of a noble wife (however undesirable she is), would be probalby enough to demote him, which ultimately would be the better option. Right now she's basically playing the martyr for no other reason than plot, "for the people". Ruin his rep, get him removed, people will have it better. Bear with it, eat shit, maybe the people will have it better, if she manages those idiots to listen to her. Other than the martyr act, she has nothing to gain anymore, and she's not in a no-win situation either. This where the story doesn't make sense anymore and not enjoyable unless someone has a shoujo brain.