Mrs. Tibbet, the colonel's wife, was always looking for a housekeeper. Every time she hired one the lady would marry a soldier departing for home and leave the Tibbets' employ. A slow grin spread across Caleb's face. If Lily accepted the position, she would be close at hand, and he'd have an opportunity to win her over to his way of thinking. He'd court her, after a fashion, though he had no intention of marrying her or any other woman, and he'd teach her the pleasures of a good man's bed. A"
( Linda Lael Miller )
[ Lily and the Major ]
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