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Lady Roding was certainly a very pretty girl. Of medium height, with a supple and beautifully proportioned figure, her profile was clear-cut, her eyes were long lashed and of a deep blue, and her hair was of a rich auburn colour. Her complexion was faultless and her mouth a perfect Cupid's bow.
In the late spring of the year following her husband's burial, upon one glorious afternoon in June, when the air was heavy with the scent of coming summer, she was standing on the terrace of Roding Hall saying good-bye to a tall, good-looking man who was bending, almost reverently, over her.