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The estate id, but the main house did have one feature that had become dear to them both Tucked into the back corner was a private chapel that the previous owners--a family of questionable devotion, but abundant funds--had built Covered in ivy, its ere lit with a warht She pulled open the door to see her husband kneeling at the front of the chapel, his head bent in prayer before the two lit candles She walked toward hiht and place next to his Then she knelt down beside him and Carwyn put his arm around her waist

"Hoas the service?" he asked quietly

She sighed and stared into the three flames "It was nice Sad, of course, but the mass ell said The music was lovely"

"She’d have liked that?"

"Yes, Emily always liked music Went to concerts all the time"

He pulled her a little closer into his side and she laid her head against his shoulder "I’o Was Murphy there? And the boys?"

She nodded "Angie, too Even though they didn’t know her"

"They knew her parents They knew you She was under their aegis It was right I’o with you" He pulled her up and they both quickly crossed themselves before they sat in the old wooden pews that filled the chapel

"It’s fine Hoas thein Wicklow?"

He put an arid continued to stare at the small altar in the front of the room "Productive Ge in London Deirdre received another letter fro his sire’s blood, so that cure seeress on any cure for hu his attention next"

"Any news from Russia?"

"Not yet We may have to send someone We’ll see"

They both fell silent as they watched the candles flicker An intricately painted depiction of the Good Shepherd decorated the back wall and warm brass sconces lit the roorounds, and she often found Carwyn sitting in it, praying, reading, or writing in his journal She was glad he had it; she knew he missed his church in Wales, no matter how often he clai?"

"Yes Drovewith sooes North Said she’d coood friend, was also a close associate of Mary Hamilton, the water vaid’s first priority was stopping any further distribution or importation of Elixir into Ireland, Belfast was a place they needed to be

"And I’ve a ht," Carwyn said casually