Captain Fox Carnegie had married her to secure an indentured housekeeper—one paid in pin money, a dower, and a married surname. Despite all his pretty words about weariness and wanting a companion, at the heart of it, Fox had married her because he was tired of hiring yet another servant after driving the last one off due to his drink and neglect. In her enthusiasm to become his wife, Leah had failed to see that Fox’s actions—no proper courting, no attempt to know her as a person—signaled a lack of regard.
