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“But Rosie! I sent Rosie to her”

“She made you a promise that she’d care for Rosie, so she did It meant a lot to her that you’d asked”

Francesca stared up at him, a lump in her throat

“It weren’t Rosie who made her sick This ain’t the cholera Believe me,” he said with certainty, “I’ve seen it and I know This is so else”

“My sisters…?”

“I’ve already sent a e”

HerIt was true He wouldn’t have sent for Vivianna and Marietta otherwise The acknowledgan to sob

A step behind her, and so and coasp, Francesca lifted her ravaged face

Sebastian?

He looked into her eyes, his own full of co,” he h to bear, but there isfor me, for your mother”

She pulled away and wiped her cheeks i here?”

“Francesca” Jemmy Dobson looked weary beyond words “Mr Thorne is here to help Yourher”

She felt

as if the floor wereunder her feet

Sebastian gave her a little shake “I haven’t tiet this person to ad Your mother’s life may depend upon it Do you understand me?”