"Regarding the rumors about me during this period, first, I am not clinging to a wealthy man, and second, I have not given birth out of wedlock." Amelia Clarke's gaze swept across the three girls present and the department director. "I am twenty-one years old this year; the legal age for marriage is twenty. The university does not have explicit rules forbidding students from marrying. I obtained my marriage certificate the day after New Year's Day this year."
"Bordine University is the oldest and most prestigious centennial institution in the country. Every student admitted here is outstanding from across the nation. I do not believe that academically excellent students would lack the most basic ability to distinguish right from wrong. Blindly following hearsay is the stupidest behavior."
