Chapter 19
“What precisely will be necessary for the licence?” Jocelyn was not sure, but he thought Beaseley had been satisfied with the answers to his gentle questions about his circumstances. Jocelyn had made it clear that he had no need of any of Catherine’s vast estate, and that, in any case, he hoped to be at sea again relatively soon.
Beaseley returned to the desk in the corner of the library. “I will send a message to the bishop immediately. Where is the wedding to take place?”
Jocelyn shrugged. “I have no particular preference. My own family is dead.”
“I somehow suspect that Lady Catherine would wish to have it here,” Beaseley murmured. His brow creased. “It is inconvenient, of course, given her father’s illness.”
“Her intention is to marry while he is still alive,” Jocelyn sa
