A New LifeChapter 9
I should have guessed, I suppose, that the only daughter of a Baronet would not be poor. I don't suppose there are many poor solicitors anyway. Once we were married, Jessica explained that she hadn't wanted to influence my decisions, either way, as our relationship grew, but that she was in fact quite a wealthy woman. She's right, in fact; strange though it may seem, I would, well, might, have been frightened off. As it was, I didn't really think about it — obviously I was aware she was a...