SHE DANCED ALONE IN THE EMPTY BALLROOM AFTER MIDNIGHT-UNAWARE THE DUKE WAS WATCHING

for her answers, and she wrote back.

Her first letters were short and careful, but her later letters were long and sometimes funny. He came to Bath three times over those months, always walking with her in public places with Lady Redvers or a maid nearby.

He did not touch her more than to help her over a puddle, asking after her health, what she was continue reading …