Chapter 14
Sir Lyle visited almost daily. Catherine would return from her walk with Captain Avebury to find him reading through her poetry books and waiting for her. He never asked about her rides; she did not offer any information.
Catherine thought the two men so different to each other she was sure they would not get along. Sir Lyle was confident, yet cynical. Captain Avebury was sweet and without pretension. But the shadows lurking in the captain’s eyes made her suspect that Sir Lyle’s brand of cynicism would not appeal to him. She looked forward to her outings with Captain Avebury; they made her feel like a girl returning to a childhood she had never had. She trusted him implicitly. He taught her about a world she had never thought she would see. He made her laugh and had absolutely
