The Back Story,
Paladin was traveling back from Alaska on a sailing ship, it made port in Seattle to off load both cargo and passengers. It took on
another group of passengers, among them a beautiful young woman, a slightly older woman, and older man and a pair of male travelers.
At first he's expected to learn the man was her father and the other woman a chaparone or perhaps step mother.
The older man was her Uncle, a wealthy man but her true Uncle who wished for nothing more than to marry her off to the next
suitor she found acceptable. The other woman her sister. A pleasent lady, use to the spot light always being on her beautiful sister.
Kathleen the young, beautiful sister, was spoiled, petulent, and self absorbed. Diane her sister was, intelligent, friendly but a bit shy,
well read and could carry on a conversation about many topics. she was over looked by nearly everyone that came near, the sisters.
Even her Uncle, took her for granted. But, she was lovely, in a quite, sincer way, that he noticed. By, the end of the voyage home
to San Francisco, Paladin's heart was lost to Diane.
Of course as he wouldn't pursue a relationship with a lady, of Diane's station in life, if he wasn't prepared to make her his bride.
Paladin had no plans to marry. That path in life had been left long ago. But, cupids arrow had found it's mark, he would consider her
his unrequited love the rest of his days.
Over a year later, Kathleen has been married off and the Uncle has died. Diane is alone in the world.
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