Chapter
Southampton---January 1899
Davina felt a sense of panic overtake her as the carriage
neared the ocean liner. Its smokestacks rose above the
Southampton buildings like an ominous sea monster.
Turning to her Father， she bargained desperately， \"If
you dqn t make me go to South Africa， I promise never
to see .~laxwell again.\"
Nigel Ha~ard s mouth twisted into a knowing， mad-
dening smile. \"Davina， that would force me to play the
fool and you to be a liar. 1 know you would be creeping
out to see him in a matter of days. possibly hours.\"
\"No! 1 wouldn t.\" Out of the corner of her eye，
Davina glimpsed her maid s awed look. Davina was a
little amazed herself that she was daring to argue with
her Father. but she oontinued.stubbornly. \"Papa， rm
seventeen， old enough to
He cut into her words with a dr) laugh. \"I know
very. few people who would like to have to live with a
decision they made when they were seventeen.\"
\"I woulci! 1 love Maxwell and he loves me and we
want to be married and \"
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