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[Filter: Private]

I've done all I can for Caroline.

Whatever she chooses do about about that man ... it's in her hands, now. If she never speaks to him again, it won't be a decision made too quickly in a fit of emotion. And if she does ...

Well, we'll ... ford that river when we reach it.

For now, I have my own rivers to ford. It's been too long, and that man could be spreading rumours all across the South, because of my stupid mistake. I need to ... fix my own mess. Before it grows any larger. Tessa needs to conceive for either of us to put ... everything that happened behind us, and for that to happen ...

[Filter: Therese]

Darling, I think ...

I do think that we should talk. Because we've spent a very long time avoiding doing just that, and it has hardly helped.