Who is this man whom Lady Durand has found for me to marry?
My dearest Booke, I do not know. She did not say much in her letter except that she would send him to call. This has me in fits of terror. What do I do when he arrives? How can I escape him if he is here in the house?
It has been a week since Catherine was here and I told her all. I have heard nothing from her, and I am beginning to think her calm reassurance that she could help me out of this terrible problem was just her usual calm and not a sign that she has a real solution.
For what can I do but obey Lady Durand? Either I must flee, or I must marry. I am not a legal member of the household. My stepmother is free to turn me out if she wishes. I do not have my father’s name or protection. And what can Jonathan Barrow of Meado
