“Can anyone be absolutely sure?”
“Well, yes. By his deeds. Do you know him well enough to be confident you wish to spend the rest of your life with him?”
“I shall be. We’ve exchanged letters—”
“That is hardly sufficient to know that he puts you and your interests and welfare ahead of his own.”
“I know, Charley. I’ve tried to guard against falling into that trap. I may not know him as well as I might, but I think Vincent will pass the test. It was his kindness to a stranger at Ginny’s wedding which drew my attention to him.”
“You are a soft touch, Lucia. What opportunities are there in a social setting for distinguishing whether someone is honorable? It’s all pageantry.”
Charley was wrong. She had done it for me when she stood between me and an angry, resentful Nate Knowle, bucking sp
