Yer not thinking this all the way through, my liege ... yes, getting into an argument with the wife about her relatives can always be problematic, BUT ... this was their wedding night ... at best, the only thing she shoulda been able to enunciate was a mumble or a gurgle, don'tcha know.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence