Edmund nodded. "Indeed I am. I rather wealthy one, at that," he added with a chuckle. "I own that castle a few miles south," he said.
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Mariah smiled. "You're a timid little thing, aren't you," she said in what she hoped was a kind voice.
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Mariah smiled. "You're a timid little thing, aren't you," she said in what she hoped was a kind voice.