dent?" Emily asked, curi

" He r

orse?" She

, you saw him on the night

a mere stranger to the townspeople for not a pair of eyes looked at them in suspicion nor were there voices that gossiped as they passed by. She would have to make her own inquiries about Nicholas Sutcliffe but having known the staff over at Mortime

the lower tree branches, shading

ing also felt the heat of the sun intensify. "I thought you'd b

o be a sea captain," Nicholas re

not alarming, to say the least. His life at sea had shaped him into the man he is today and that was all she accessed from her observation of him, direct and brash at times though not always. Her blossoming friendship with him has been nothing short of p

e penetrating her own thoughts and she did not like that. Emily did not like the thoughts of her inner mind to be foun

ort for Emil

ied. "Though I

s a name fit

did not mind. Yet why did she feel so confused as to the nature of their relationship? Isn't

self, Emilia, it's unattractive,

ctive in

ctive in

clothes since she wore black all the time. All that walking pained her feet and so she took off her boots and stretched her

he did not have the need to hover over her by standing and watching her like her protector. She always thought that that wa

said Nicholas, breaking the si

a lot a

las said in repl

o far observed both near and far," Emily

o

le but eccentric." She went on. "Two, the staff at the

urned her gaze to him,

we were out of the tea parlor." She said, unafraid, despite being alone with him in a p

the questions, particularly the one that questioned his conduct. Perhaps he thought he would go unchallenged since he was the man, me

as wrong of her to provoke him and this certainly was not the

et, they're as strange as they come," He began. "Their servants have to s

patient for an answer bu

hat attacks my person, but if you ask for

a testament to your person." She said, w

," said he, brooding as he inched closer to her. "Th

she thought but what did she know of him? He was a charismatic character she got along with rather well and made her feel comfortable while speaking. Emily thought she made the right decision in guard

w that she had earned his trust when she should not be especially since he showed her his special place. The other men were not

hought of it

t, you don't seem to." Nicho

r assessment." Sh

hink I feel?"

rong and if she were as mature as she thought she was she would tell him

replied when he

ing sorry." Replied Emily though h

than it had been moments ago. Emily decided to get up from the patch of grass a

said softly, or rather in meekness. "I'm just

ing his hair to the back of his head. "The Na

e would miss the children dearly. The thought was a queer one since women were not allowed to participate in such barbarity or so she had grown up be

he asked and he smiled once again ho

nd in hers and gla

said she introduc

e," he introduced

ed to town for lunch, and afterward, he decided to show her Hawthorne Heights. She accepted this for it was only fair to

y to get there and so they cherished the time they were able to spend with each other. There had to be a considerable

look gaunt in the slightest. Wondering what his secret was she now realized that she should not have pressed him to tell her what it was, patience was a virtue after all and she had lacked that

to go on a stroll outside of Mortimer House when n

las asked pointing at t

cks but Emily could swear she saw the most beautiful house she

es away from the sunlight that was not as intense

Mr. Hawthorne." Said Nicholas

so they stopped by the terrace to catch their breaths. Once they straightened themselves, Nic

d without their knowledge, it could be said that it was the