Read the following selection from Act II of Romeo and Juliet.

What does the word in ^ ^ most likely mean?

FRIAR LAURENCE
But come, young waverer, come, go with me,
In one respect I'll thy assistant be;
For this ^alliance^ may so happy prove,
To turn your households' rancour to pure love.

a.) Secret
b.) Hatred
c.) Friendship
d.) Marriage