His Dying Wish

Two days later, Blanche paid a visit to the Ashbourne family to discuss the engagement arrangements.

By convention, Clarissa should have received her, but Blanche refused. "I demand to see Rosalind," she declared.

Reginald and Clarissa stood frozen in shock at these words.

Traditionally, marriage arrangements were always decided entirely by parents and elders in the family. For someone to make suc