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Chapter 43

"You are most kind and gracious, and we are grateful for the assistance," Lord Borden replied, although he didn't look remotely grateful.

"You would do the same for me," Lord Delmar said. "Now, I'm afraid I didn't have time to prepare a proper gift, given the lack of invitation. However, I do have something that any young couple starting out should need, and would like to present my gift."

At the words "my gift", the entire gift line almost ran out of the way to make room for Lord Delmar. Judging from the looks of fear and panic on the people in the line, they weren't doing it just to be nice.

Lord Delmar waved his hand and one of the soldiers stepped forward. He carried a box that looked like it weighed seventy or eighty pounds, even though it was quite small. Seth didn't need to open the box to know what was inside.

It was gold.

A lot of gold.

The soldier walked up to Seth and Beth, set the box down, and then opened
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