He said yes, which meant that she had to tell him - and while she had been thinking about it for a bit, the truth had never spilled out of her mouth. Of course it hadn't - this was not the sort of thing she could say around her family, and it was not the sort of thing she could say in letters, either.

But wasn't this the perfect place? The boat swaying on the sea off of the British coastline, and Alfred's body steady around her.

"I love you," she admitted.

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