Chapter 7

Even more, Nick wished that Charlotte would stop hinting that if he didn’t marry an heiress soon, the entire family would starve. Their circumstances were not quite thatdireTheir—his—estate, Evanslow, was entailed, which was likely the only thing that had kept their father from selling it. In another year, perhaps two, crops would begin to bring in money again. It would be enough to live on in some comfort, now that their father’s debts were paid. All Nick had to do was find a way to support them until that happened.