Sir, I am in receipt of your proposal and have a mind to accept. I will accept.”
“Are you certain?” asked Captain Wentworth (engaged to her eight years earlier where she was easily persuaded out of her promise by the Lady Russell and family, breaking both their hearts.) This proposal represented a single chance for both at love.
“I am determined, sir … and nothing and no one will ever change my mind!” said Anne lovingly as they kissed in Frederick’s embrace.
The admiral James Hawke is retiring after more than thirty years serving the Crown. He and his wife Anne decide to purchase the Charlton estate in Somerset, near where they grow up as children.