He was here, where he should be, and so should she, where her unyielding spirit had brought them.

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But (and here we should assume that she already had her eye on who she would prefer to be married to, being a propertyless single woman was not a viable option in the England of the time) her intended second husband would have some property of his own.

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"Youngsters have nothing to do around here, they are our future and the politicians should be doing more, " she insisted.

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