Dearest one,
It seems that even if I have given up on love, it has not given up on me.
Funny how it takes two people to love. One-sided love isn’t really love, but two people who love each other can create an explosion that expands outward and affects those around them.
Mr. Dryden left today. But before he left, he told me once again that he loved me. Would I marry him?
I believe he knew the answer. He has seen me with Catherine and knows I will not leave her.
But this time, I was sure he was asking me for myself, not because he needed me to do menial tasks in his home and parent his unfortunate little girl.
Catherine had left us alone after breakfast on the pretense of scolding the kitchen staff. The room was empty but for us. Mr. Dryden came up to where I sat and without hesitation
