04-01-2022, 01:00 PM
She moved to sit, her eyes soon hooded as she peered at him. "He is not unkind, and he is handsome enough... His name is Mister Appleton and he is the lawyer that read the will. Apparently he is looking for a spouse as well... It was... my idea for him to court me but I feel odd having made such a case to him when I never imagined it happening this way." She smoothed her hands over the fabric of her skirts. "And there are other things too... Whether I should buy a wardrobe, whether I should take over the master bedroom or not, I don't know. It's all overwhelming even though these are smaller wonders. I've never had the kind of money being offered to me now for a high cost of marriage."