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Chapter Six “Put on your bonnet and your best dress!” Joshua announced one morning some weeks later. Fiona looked up from her early kitchen chores, shocked by the announcement. “We’re going to town,” he explained. “We are?” “I think you need to get away from here for a day,” he explained further. For months, the quiet seclusion of their lives had cast a spell about Fiona. She felt as if she lived in a world apart, seeing so little of anything but her brawny blacksmith, his well polished kitchen, and his grand and pleasant bed. She wasn’t sure whether to be glad or fearful. But, she was indeed excited about the unexpected excursion. Joshua pulled a small carriage from the barn, and it surprised Fiona, who was used to seeing her lover on horseback. He took on a much more landed