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THE CHRISTMAS WEDDING

Dilly Court

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

Copyright © Dilly Court 2019

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Source ISBN: 9780008287757

Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008287764

Version: 2019-08-30

For Daisy Richards

Contents

Copyright

Dedication

Map

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

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Daisy Marshall put aside the garment she had been mending for Master Timothy.

‘What is it, Franklin?’ she asked, gazing warily at the butler, who had entered the morning parlour without bothering to knock. Such small infringements of etiquette from the upper servants were not unusual, and obviously designed to put her in her place.

‘For you, miss. ’ With disapproval written all over his face, Franklin proffered a silver salver on which lay a sealed envelope.