19.

十九岁
Could I see her first?

我能否先见见她
You want to count her teeth?

您要数她的牙齿吗
We depart for the Twins in the morning.

我们明早回孪河城
We need an answer before we leave

离开之前务必给我们答复
and a wedding not more than a fortnight thereafter

婚礼要在两周内举行
or this alliance is at an end.

否则联盟到此为止
Your father does realize we're in the middle of a war?

你们父亲难道忘了我们还在打仗吗
Father is old.

父亲年事已高
It will put his heart at peace

看见女儿有个好归宿
if he could see her wed to a good husband.

他方能安心
And his recent experience has made him wary of long engagements.

近来的遭遇令他不愿许下时日漫长的婚约