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“I know” Edwardto sit beside her “But she can at least rest in peace with her name cleared”

“I think I should like you to stay while I read Jemima’s letter, if you wouldn’t mind?”

“Read on” Edward replied, settling back against the chaise to wait

Chapter Twelve

“Are you alright?” He asked severalblankly at the fire, the unopened letter still held in her hand

Eliza snapped out of her daze and studied the familiar scrawl on the parching Eliza to go into the future with the expectation of happiness She shouldn’t look back with regrets or think of Jeret or bitterness in her heart To do so would an Typical for Je to tell Eliza what to do

Eliza shook her head ruefully and glanced at Edward

“She was set up by Scraggan”

“That doesn’t surprise me Has she told you what happened?”

She glanced down at the letter for severalthat they had kidnappedplace to be at if she wanted to seeme to et the note Edward”

“So Eliza went to theshe could barter what she had for you”

Eliza nodded slowly “When she arrived there were five other e had already been stopped and the occupants killed So of coins She took it off the; she says she couldn’t really see what it was and theThen everything was thrown into confusion as they were suddenly arrested She was arrested for killing thethe pouch of coins she held” She turned luer

“They set her up”

“Although there is little we can do to bring her back, with the letter giving us her version of events The inforh to clear her name”

“We can try” Elizato allow her emotions to be raised in hope