For the first time since I’d met her she wore an item of jewelry and it was the necklace I’d sent her. She’d chosen a blue gown to match her eyes with white fur around the neck and cuffs of her outer vest.

With the gems from the necklace sparkling as bright as her eyes, she was quite a fetching sight. I knew when father looked back at me smilingly that he’d seen the necklace and accurately guessed that it had been given by me.

He shook his head with a grin and turned ...