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any love for it ere small The first step is to find a tree with some reasonably low

branches If you cannot reach the first branch, you'll never get anywhere…

The letter continued for two pages E if not detailed She was also a little suspicious, as the end of the letter showed

I hope you find this helpful, although Ito cli to do with John Blackwood Love does strange things to women, as I well know Be careful, whatever you do, and I can only breathe a sigh of relief that I aer your chaperone God save Persephone

Fondly,

Emma

Belle scoffed If E along with her Emma had never been known for prudent behavior

Belle reread the letter, carefully going over the part about how to cli to do this? When she'd stopped outside of Daht that she would do anything about it She wasn't the sort of daring female ould clih a third-storyFor one thing, she had no head for heights

But, as Es to a woer Her nasty experience with those two thugs in the alleyway had convinced her that it was time to act decisively

Or perhaps rashly was a better word for it

Belle shook her head No matter She'd made up her s did coo over to Daht by herself when someone was out to kidnap her And Mary, of course, would not be sufficient protection Persephone and her perilous parasol were another story, but Belle doubted that Persephone would agree to go with her She ht be rather lenient as far as chaper-ones went, but she would certainly put her foot down at Belle breaking into a man's room

What to do, what to do?

Belle smiled mischievously

She picked up a quill and wrote a note to Dunford