Chapter 1 KATHLEEN stood alone on the crest of the hill. A breeze tugged at the skirt of her black silk dress, and her long red- gold hair whipped across her face. That face, lovely to start any man s heart racing, was filled with enough lar-e emerald eyes renecred the color of sorrow ~ net 5 Irish sea into which she tearfully stared. ~ne was a- si ht even in her mourning dress, with her arresu.ng g ,:-.a in silhouette as the wind beautttm young ngure uu ,~.-, a ~,,,, hieh breasts. molded her dress against her tmgm a Atms clutched tightly at her waist, she valiantly blinked away the tears that clung to her long, dark eyelash~s and traced a path silently down her cheeks. A shudder ran through her slim frame as she tried to quell the sobs which threatened to start anew. \"Mistress Kathleen, tis thne to go. The carriage is and waiting Mrs Dunley sent me to fetch ye.\" loaded . ~ .\" ,a~-I., man climbing The girl turned to nod sacuy to the c,,*~* ~ the hill toward her. \"Thank you, George. I m coming, I have to o anywhere at all when though Lord knows V~hnYe home agnd friends here.\" She I have a perfectly sighed. \"But, no! They are determined to send me half- the world to a wilderness full of Indians and way. acro~ , __a ,*l~,ives I ve never laid eyes on; crude backwoodsmen., aL,,,~ ,~,-~ t\" She stopped t doesn t make a tinker s lot ot sense t,, ;,,-., c?_:. lht,,, h,-~cent to stamo her small booted toot tot empn~*~, ~ :* . , ,, A_.a ,hat s another burr under my tIlen continued, ~a,u *
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