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"He knows He understands"

Then the child was far wiser than she

That night Sterling hness to their love that they could never hold forever

When they lay in each other’s arms afterward, it was bittersweet Frannie had always known the er be in his life She si woke up the following o searching for her She wasn’t in the residence and neither was Peter He felt their absence as soul-rending ehout the rooh, Frannie closed the ledger Ahad left for the country There was at least half an hour every day when she didn’t think about him Tomorrow she’d add another minute to the tally, until eventually she would think of him not at all

Peter had adjusted well to life in the orphanage He brought her such joy She wasn’t at all certain how she could have ed without him to provide her with love

She beca in her doorway, not at all surprised when she looked up to see that it was Jim

She rose from her chair "You know you don’t have to escortin that fancy carriage of yours"

It had arrived a week after she’d silently left Sterling’s residence She couldn’t have born saying good-bye to him Cowardly, but there it was

The note that the driver had given her simply said:

So you may always travel in safety And not to worry I shall handle the upkeep on the horses

Greystone

Jim helped drape her cloak around her shoulders "Have you heard froone to the country You kno it is with the nobility They don’t like London in winter"

"Don’t think hed

"I haven’t heard that sound in a while" Jih quite often there The children are a delight"