![]() ![]() “What did the note from your father’s solicitor say?” She glanced at the unopened missive from the singular Mr. ![]() “Then I’d say her good fortune had more to do with her face and not some old coin.” She returned to her paper, then paused. “I haven’t seen her since I left school, but most likely she’s very pretty. The mention of such a lofty prospect brightened Kate’s interest, but not in the way Cordelia might have supposed. “Apparently it worked for Anne,” Cordelia replied, holding up her school friend’s letter. Hardly capable of leading one to true love.” And now that I see that coin, it seems rather dull as well. “My journal?” Cordelia set the coin down beside Anne’s letter. “Nothing more than what is written in your journal.” Kate huffed a little bit and picked her paper back up, showing a renewed interest in the gossip columns. ![]() Her hired companion set down the morning paper and looked with nothing less than a raft of skepticism at the battered bit of silver.Ĭordelia went to agree, but then she realized one thing. “Is that the fabled coin?” Kate Harrington asked. For all her faith that this coin would bring the four of them happiness, Cordelia now found herself filled with doubts.įor here was Anne expecting her to arrive with the man she intended to marry. Miss Cordelia Padley set the letter down and turned the old sixpence that had come with it over in her hand. ![]()
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