Chapter 19: The proof ARABELLA She had not gone looking for witnesses. What she had done, in the week after […]

Chapter 18: Second conflict — his doubts SEBASTIAN Ashford’s friend Pendleton planted the seed on a Thursday. Sebastian had not

Chapter 17: The memory fragments SEBASTIAN He did not tell her about the dreams at first. He told the doctor,

Chapter 16: Moving in ARABELLA The announcement in the Post read: *Viscount Blackwood and his wife, Arabella Louisa, née Shaw,

Chapter 15: Lady Caroline’s fury SEBASTIAN He should, he recognised in retrospect, have managed the timing better. He had not

Chapter 14: The courtship (real) ARABELLA She had been kissed before. Once, at nineteen, by a young man at a

Chapter 13: The realization SEBASTIAN He told her about Pendleton on Thursday morning. He had considered the framing. He had

Chapter 12: The accusation SEBASTIAN He had been warned about Ashford’s friend Pendleton. Not explicitly warned — Ashford had said,

Chapter 11: What grows between them ARABELLA She had not anticipated that he would be easy to talk to. She

Chapter 10: His curiosity SEBASTIAN He asked Davies the question in stages, which was how he asked difficult things. The