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Mr. O’Hannigan’s apartment. October 1971.
Whether it was her kayaking accident or being saved by Connor and her arising, deepening relationship with the Irishman, Emilee successfully applied for permission to modify her English and modern languages course. The faculty stipulated that she had to go abroad to the mainland to immerse herself in a foreign language for twelve months during her third year. She expressed her wish to drop the modern language part and rather expand her study of English, as well as medieval literature—and not leave the country.
Her friends, especially Caroline, reluctantly accepted her now-official boyfriend.
Emilee was ready to stand up for her man. “After all, friend,” she told Caroline at their first eye-to-eye meeting following her near drowning, “He was
