"Certainly," January said with a smile when Daffy asked if she would help her repot some plants. Small bean plants from the looks of it. She got into position and took one of the trowels.

"This season was better than most, I think," January said. "I was at the Sanditon Closer but I came out of it without any injuries." It had still been a rather traumatic experience but others had suffered much worse than she had. "But let us talk about happier things such as the fact that Jack Cardew called on me at my home a couple of times this season." January had met the man in April 1890 and had certainly mentioned him to Daffy more than once as a man she had a certain sort of interest in.