Epilogue
They waited for the banns to be read after all, instead of marrying by special license or dashing to Scotland. The only grandchild of a duke was not getting married in ramshackle fashion, Keswick had informed them when Charlotte and Aunt Hermione responded to his summons.
Before Penrith had hidden behind his newspaper, Charlotte recognized that his eyes were bright with an unshed tear. As happy as she was to be marrying Alistair, she felt wrenching sympathy for the man who’d lost three children and his wife in one afternoon two decades before. This was his only child’s wedding to plan. By silent agreement, she and Alistair allowed Hermione and Keswick, with an occasional comment from Penrith, to make most of the arrangements for the ceremony and wedding breakfast.
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