Day of Reckoning

Although her Aunt Ketty's prevarication about giving permission for her to wed Adam Digby caused Judith some disquiet, she enjoyed her life in the Norfolk Fens- the grumblings gaining ground against King Charles I made little headway in their backwater.

Of far greater moment was the discovery that yet another plan was under way to drain the Fens- bringing in a Dutchman was serious business. But the Dutchman himself didn't seem to have a serious bone in his body, and Maarten van de Scheldt was quite blatant about how attracted he was to Judith! Infuriated and irritated, Judith was surprised to find how often Maarten won when she compared him to Adam- but other surprises were in store, too, and not all of them were pleasant.