The candles, moonlight, and the scents of the nearby honeysuckle produced a wonderful romantic ambiance, beyond anything Liberty could have imagined.Keats continued to surprise her, his esoteric overtures proved refreshing and thrilling. Now they were intimate friends, not legal adversaries.

Relaxed, happy, Liberty talked about her family, and Keats reciprocated.Both his parents were educators, his father a high school chemistry teacher, and his mother an English Lit professor ...