Tom Riddle only considered this marriage as one of political power. Only as a heavy sign on paper. What he didn’t expect was his wife to be as cunning as he was—perhaps even more so. When he had expected her to sit silence and endure like a ‘good little wife’, she provoked and contradicted his every word and command. The marriage was complete. The sign done. He couldn’t go back now, it would prove negatively to his reputation. And reputation did he worship.