Juliet turned to see the gentle woman enter.
“My dear, you gave us all a shock,” she said. “No one expected you to react so violently to Captain Crow.”
“No one asked me,” Juliet answered.
“I wondered myself it that was wise, but your Uncle was adamant. Perhaps, you could tell me what troubles you so about this match. You were on the island with him many months, and as far as we knew, you got on well with him.”
“That is true.”
“So this change of heart?” she asked.
“It’s something private, between us,” Juliet replied.
“You can tell me nothing?” she asked.
“No, ma’am.”
“I see.” Catherine Daugherty bit her lip. Her own intuition told her there were secrets between these two, perhaps they’d been lovers, and the girl had felt spurned. As a woman, it was an easy speculation for her to m
