Chapter FifteenSo you see, when Captain Chadwick asked me to marry him, my mind was quite busy with things other than matrimony. I had Kitty's flirting to think about and my poor Charles to move somewhere safer than Molly's house, as well as my own work in the Inn and David's sad demise.
I must have stared at Captain Chadwick with my mouth open for a good half-minute before I could even think of a reply.
'Why Captain Chadwick,' I eventually managed to stutter. 'I am overwhelmed. I had no idea that you felt that way about me.' Well I had an inkling I suppose but I did not take his attentions as seriously as I might.
Captain Chadwick smiled. 'Oh my dear,' he said, taking one of my hands in his. 'I have been so concerned about you ever since Lieutenant … David … your poor husband … died. Y
