My great-grandfather smiled at me. “You and Mr. Blair had a lot to say to each other last night.”
I nodded. “We did. I enjoyed his company.”
“Good to hear, good to hear. I don’t know much about him, but he seems like a gentleman. You had many of the other young men jealous.”
“Which was most entertaining,” Grandmother added.
He chuckled and agreed with a single nod. “Yes, it certainly was.”
The carriage ride was much bumpier than I’d ever imagined it would be, and I had a hard time imagining what people would do when they were ill or injured and had to take long carriage rides to the nearest hospital. That’s probably why house calls were more prevalent in this time.
When we arrived at the town hall, there were almost too many people milling about. I must have looked stunned, because m
