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She sers “Yes, it is only fair that you should know my name, as I know yours, my lord”

“You knowhim

“You are Godwin, Lord of Ravensbury Everyone in this part of Cornwall knows that” She looked up and smiled warmly at him “Indeed, I have seen Lady Ravensbury in to and then”

Ah, so she kneas ain traveled through his mind What must she think of him, married to such as Sara?

“Very well, then,” he said softly “As you said, it is only fair I know your name”

“I am Heather Martin” She looked away towards the white foa on the rocks

“Oh, so you are the vicar’s niece?” he said, surprised

“Yes, the sa at him

“But that is impossible!” he exclaimed

“Is it? What an odd thing to conclude,” she said, turning a bemused eye to him

“What I mean is…” he started

“What you mean is that you have heard the vicar’s niece is a spinster of sorts and that I aly interrupted him and arched a brow

He laughed out loud, inclined his head and said, “Indeed, far too beautiful to be a spinster, and too young”

“I ae, you see Up until last month I chose to teach in the school my father founded in Hampshire However, when I lost hi, you see—so here I a the men they throw at me” She stopped and shook her head “Gracious…whatever o on and on to you in such a manner?”

“Please don’t stop I want to know…everything about you,” he whispered, and his dark eyes found her eyes as he drank deep