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The letter was from Nicholas's grandmother to Iris's grandfather when she was dying. It showed the last duke was their child. That affair was why Grandfather duke had ruined him and forced him out of England. It also means the uncle Fredrick was related to Iris and left her stuff in his will. Cousin Philip pushed the old duke off balcony and tried to kill Nicholas working with Felicity, Walter's wife.

Iris took the letter that had been in the box with the book. Something about it caused her to take the letter and break off the relationship with Nicholas.

The box with the book was hidden in the sofa that Minerva had been sitting on during the attic inventory. The partner in the Mill was running a second business at night in violation of the partnership agreement. He was in the area when the old duke died and may be behind the current murder attempts.

She told him her grandfather was accused of stealing a rare book after the prospective buyer said he returned it. It's the book she's looking for in his library. They kiss and grope a lot but keep getting interrupted.

Iris found valuable Italian book hidden deep in a cabinet. Uncle Felix appears and is debt ridden wastrel like his son Philip.

Iris is a sexualy confident woman and seemingly permiscuous. She refuses to be any man's mistress, but takes lovers as she chooses. They were making out in her garden when the cat acted defender against an armed intruder.

Iris and her new friend go to a book auction together. Nicholas shows up, presumably to find her and he draws too much attention to her. When she was leaving, N rescues her from being mowed down by a wild carriage.

Iris not Ivy

The manuscript is a collection of colorful paintings on velum depicting the sounds. Walter spent money he expected to inherit from not finding Ivy in Paris on his wife's wardrobe and such.

They are both immediately physically attracted to each other. Her family home is in Florence, Italy. She travels the continent seeking out rare books. Comes to England about once a year. Uncle had promised to find a rare book that grandfather duke had purchased.