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Copyright © 2016 by Jayne Fresina Chapter One 1813 An Introduction in Mid-Air. (Well, one must begin somewhere)   Dangling from a drainpipe could be a distinctly drafty business, she discovered. It was also a pastime far from ideal when dressed in her Sunday best. However, if such measures were necessary, Melinda Goodheart was your girl. Few pupils at the Particular Establishment for the Advantage of Respectable Ladies would claim to be made of stronger stuff, and certainly none could prove it. As she clung to that rusted, cast iron pipe and felt one shoe begin its slow, tantalizing slip...