Just a quick word. Some of you will have read this story before, and, I hope, you enjoy it again should you choose to re-read. It's been retitled, revamped and edited by my wonderful beta Jim. There were a few comments about the first two chapters when initially published, echoed by my editor.

1) Many thought my entail ridiculous, from a family harmony point of view and the laws in England at the time. Both are true but there is a reason behind almost everything I write. I will warn you now, you'll have to wait a number of chapters before this becomes evident.

2) The family ties are convoluted and I've attempted to be too clever in the relationships between characters. Re-reading it can understand the confusion and have attempted to fix it as best as possible without disturbing later plot points.

Thus, if you wish too, you can skip the next two chapters (or skim read them) and still understand the story. The choice, as always is yours, however my wonderful beta thinks the story flows much better from chapter three on.