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Epilogue

 

 

Daisy sighed.  She didn’t want to have this discussion.  Her mother stood in front of her with her hands on her hips, making it clear the discussion was happening whether she wanted it or not.

“You will never find a husband if you don’t go out and do things where you will meet someone.”

“I have to get married next week?” she asked.  It would be her eighteenth birthday in just a week, and her mother had been pressuring her to go talk to her aunt about her prospects for the past month.

“You don’t have to get married next week, but you have to at least be thinking about it!  Your sisters all knew who they’d marry by your age!”

“But Amaryllis didn’t get married until six months ago.  She waited until she was nineteen!”

Mary shook her head.  “But she was already in love with Alex and we knew that.”

“Fine.  I’ll go tell Aunt Harriett to find me a husband.”

“You don’t have anyone at all in mind?”

“No, I really don’t.”  Daisy stood up and pulled her bonnet on.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to talk to Aunt Harriett.”  She rushed from the house before her mother could say another word.  It was the perfect solution.  She walked through the quiet streets thinking about just how she’d present her idea to her aunt.  By the time she got there, the idea was fully formed, and she was ready to tell her exactly what she wanted.

She knocked on the door and was led back to her aunt’s parlor.  Harriett was sitting with little Flo.  “Where are the others?” Daisy asked.

“They’re out back with their nurse.”  Harriett had once said she’d never hire someone to take care of her children, but having four babies in six years had a way of changing her plans.  “I’ve been expecting you to come talk to me.”

Daisy sat down on the chair across from the sofa where her aunt sat with the baby.  “I have no marriage prospects.  I want you to find me a husband.”  She leaned forward earnestly, hoping her aunt would take her seriously.

Harriett gaped at her for a moment.  “With all the men in Seattle, you have no one you prefer?  No one you’re even a little bit interested in?”

Daisy shook her head.  “No one.  You’re the matchmaker.  Make me a match.”

“What are you looking for in a husband?”

Daisy shrugged.  “I like men who love kids.  I want a man who will treat me as an equal, not as someone inferior to him.  Find him for me, please.”

Harriett thought about the men she knew.  “I’ll need some time to think about it.  Come back here in a week, and I’ll have three men fo
r you to meet and get to know.”

Daisy smiled.  “Really?  You’ll do it?”

“I will.  I’ll find you the man you’re looking for.”

Daisy leaned back in her chair and smiled.  “Have I ever mentioned that you’re the best aunt ever?”

Harriett laughed.  “Not often enough!”

 

 

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