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Note to Readers
Chapter One. Three hundred acres..
Chapter Two. Dig Day 756: no progress whatsoever due to entirely unforeseen circumstances..
Chapter Three. Four hundred and twelve crystals..
Chapter Four. Dig Day 763: hearthstone—if it is indeed a hearthstone—is round!
Chapter Five. Forty-six intertwined leaves on the Persian and two unwelcome women on the sofa..
Chapter Six. Dig Day 764: four shards of pottery. A cluster of broken but cooked bones. One is most definitely the thigh bone of a chicken. Unsure whether the bigger pieces are from a sheep or a cow. Conclusion—my Celts had stew for dinner..
Chapter Seven. Nine circles of hell..
Chapter Eight. Dig Day 764: honey, not vinegar..
Chapter Nine. One conundrum of a woman..
Chapter Ten. Dig Day 768: progress impeded by an unexpectedobstacle..
Chapter Eleven. Three eight-foot trenches..
Chapter Twelve. Dig Day 790: sixteen post holes. One spear head. No pickaxe-wielding earls..
Chapter Thirteen. Two hundred and twenty-four squares of panelling..
Chapter Fourteen. Dig day 798: no progress whatsoever, thanks to three interminable days of torrential rain. But the sun is out now. Which is just as well..
Chapter Fifteen. Three too many people at dinner..
Chapter Sixteen. Dig Day 801: it is still raining. Thank God!
Chapter Seventeen. Three antiquarians..
Chapter Eighteen. Dig Day 802: be careful what you wish for..
Chapter Nineteen. Dig Day 802: no progress and, more worryingly, no plan..
Chapter Twenty. One smitten portly rival..
Chapter Twenty-One. Dig Day 803: one brooch, fourteen shards of pottery—or perhaps it was thirteen? Or even sixteen..
Chapter Twenty-Two. Two beautiful big brown eyes..
Chapter Twenty-Three. Dig Day 804: you learn something new every day..
Chapter Twenty-Four. Five stolen kisses..
His heart is a fortress.
And she’s trespassing!
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‘Forgive the intrusion, my lord, but I felt it imperative to apologise for yesterday.’
Honey, not vinegar. Honey, not vinegar...
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