— Father —
By no means did I go to meet Mr. Crouch at the fair! I can assure with complete sincerity that we simply crossed paths. And it was an Irish fair; there were plenty of other young ladies who tried some of the Irish whiskey.

Please do not come here. If every rumor spread about me contained complete truth, I would have been completely ousted by good society a long time ago.

— Annabelle —