Chapter Fifteen
Juliet went to the market on Fridays when the vegetables were fresh, when there were fresh baked pastries, and she had her pick of the meat. She needed only a few things each week, but she needed the outing more to break up the plain monotony of her life. Her days as Joshua Crow’s wife could have been pleasant, except that Juliet was resolved to keep her distance in spirit from her husband, and strangely, he seemed willing for it to remain that way. Where he once wanted to tell her about his shipping company, he told her little now. He worked long hours, and paid scant attention to her, so that Juliet had to find her own devices to keep her happy.
The work that presented itself in Joshua Crow’s home was easy enough. She had the help of one woman as a housekeeper and cook
