The Ball at Hampshire HillsChapter 2
Sir William Hardman, better known as Doctor Hardman to his colleagues and peers, was not the sort of partner in life that Honeysuckle ever contemplated as infinitely possible in that period of time immediately preceding the fateful ball at Hampshire Hills. She was not quite certain what was the deciding factor in her quick decision to accept his offer of marriage and was perplexed by her sense of having made the right choice because her opportunity for a lasting union was diminishing with...