 Froissart writes of the meeting in his Chronicles , saying that Isabeau stood motionless while being inspected , exhibiting perfect behavior by the standards of her time . Arrangements were made for the two to be married in Arras , but on the first meeting Charles felt " happiness and love enter his heart , for he saw that she was beautiful and young , and thus he greatly desired to gaze at her and possess her " . She did not yet speak French and may not have reflected the idealized beauty of the period , perhaps inheriting her mother 's dark Italian features , then unfashionable , but Charles most certainly approved of her because the couple were married three days later . Froissart documented the royal wedding , joking about the lascivious guests at the feast and the " hot young couple " . 
