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Chapter Four It was two weeks under Joshua Kane’s roof before Fiona broached the subject of leaving again. She would hope his inquiries about a position for her might prove successful. In the meantime, the blacksmith was perfectly content to have her stay. She cooked and cleaned for him, even though as a bachelor, he seemed perfectly capable of running his business as well as a ship shape house. She wondered why he didn’t have a wife, why he’d even come to the county two years before and settled down in this place. It seemed that few people ever moved into this valley. Newcomers landed mostly by accident, not by any well intentioned plan. Joshua Kane’s arrival looked quite deliberate. Where did he come from? Where was his family? Though they talked of many things in their evenin