Dominic relayed the same message to the Mitfield troops that he had to the Axbridge runner, and got nearly the same response.
They were eager to see what sort of potentially available women would show up for the officers to meet outside of the main event for the higher Nobles.
Not everyone was in a financial position to be dropping a fortune on bridal gifts to wed some spoiled daughter of a wealthy landowner.
The custom was that the bridal gifts matched the dowry, and a pampered daughter of a wealthy family would get a pretty substantial dowry. More than most of these men could afford.
But a daughter of a branch family who was working a day job?
That was the sort of bride that they could happily take home and try making an entire sports team with. Plus, she was more likely to be trustworthy with the finances than the pampered one.
The longer that he talked with the soldiers, the more that he realized practicality was King to the lower Nobles.
