The Bonnet
It was now the end of August and no one knew Julie Slade was pregnant, except Morgan. The knowledge of this, he kept to himself, not even telling her that he knew about her condition. For one thing, he did not want to explain to her how he knew about it; she would never understand. So he treated her the same as he always did, hoping that when it did become common knowledge, he would be able to act as surprised as anyone else.
Giles was becoming a bit agitated with Daniel because he was courting Mary Coombes from Beechem’s Court. It wasn’t his choice of a young lady that annoyed him, but the amount of time he spent there instead of running the Squire’s affairs. He hoped in time that it would change, especially if he married her. “These young bucks don’t know what responsibility
