The Highwayman's Lady
“Imogen turns her face toward me, her expression hesitant.
I drop a kiss onto her hair by way of encouragement. I do not mean to take issue with her over the pregnancy, nor do I intend to dispute the circumstances leading to it. She was a virgin when first I had her and whilst I cannot readily pinpoint the reason for my certainty, I would stake my life on there having been no other man since. The child is mine, of that I have no doubt, but this does not necessarily mean that I will be seekin...g a marriage licence and shepherding my little Imogen down the aisle with all due haste. Apart from anything else, my chosen profession makes for a most unpredictable future and I have no wish to sully the reputation of my wife and child, or worse still, implicate them in my crimes. It is but a matter of time until that tenacious officer in the red coat sniffs out my trail again, and I may not escape him on another occasion.
“How did you find me? And why are you here?MoreLess
I drop a kiss onto her hair by way of encouragement. I do not mean to take issue with her over the pregnancy, nor do I intend to dispute the circumstances leading to it. She was a virgin when first I had her and whilst I cannot readily pinpoint the reason for my certainty, I would stake my life on there having been no other man since. The child is mine, of that I have no doubt, but this does not necessarily mean that I will be seekin...g a marriage licence and shepherding my little Imogen down the aisle with all due haste. Apart from anything else, my chosen profession makes for a most unpredictable future and I have no wish to sully the reputation of my wife and child, or worse still, implicate them in my crimes. It is but a matter of time until that tenacious officer in the red coat sniffs out my trail again, and I may not escape him on another occasion.
“How did you find me? And why are you here?MoreLess
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