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While some women became bitter at never finding a place in society, Hannah greeted her prospects with quiet acceptance. The world needed spinsters to be companions, nurses, or governesses. Like any young woman, her heart ached to know true love, but she knew she was loved by both her parents and her friend. That would suffice, even if their love didn’t quite reach all the empty hollows in her heart.
These days, there were three expectations of a young lady of breeding. She should be accomplished in at least one of the arts. She should be decorous at all times. She should never reveal the true state of her decay.
To think one of them might have been capable of such a brutal murder sent a shiver down her spine. How uncouth.
Could there be anything more marvellous in the world than a library?
Only weak men fear strong women.
No Londoner would feel safe if they thought a well-bred lady were circling behind them with a canapé fork in hand.
