Chapter Seven'So you are to marry a lieutenant of Volunteers?' Kitty was nearly dancing with excitement as she accompanied me to Molly's cottage deep in the rolling downs.
'I am. I will be Mrs Lieutenant David Baldivere.' I repeated the name, rolling the syllables around my mouth as I savoured the idea. 'Mrs Baldivere; how wildly delicious.'
'So you have had a mysterious guest in the inn, a naked man washed up on the beach and got yourself engaged to an officer all in a few days,' Kitty grabbed hold of my arm. 'Oh tell me all, tell me all, Sarah dear.'
So I did, without embellishments or exaggerations. Or rather without many embellishments or exaggerations for with Kitty one must always add little bits here and there to titillate the Kittylate. She responded well, with many an 'oh' and
