How could Samuel Peary not know this himself?
Long before, when everyone had assumed they would end up together, it was Silvia Waterborne who had refused. She had once turned down Samuel Peary's marriage proposal. That was because, at the time of his proposal, Samuel was already married to Phoebe Harris, and they had not divorced. Under such circumstances, how could Silvia possibly accept him? That was why she had grown to loathe Samuel Peary more and more... Many of these things were unknown to others.
"Impossible?" Phoebe Harris refused to believe it. After all, this man was Samuel Peary. Samuel Peary, Maxwell Peary's father, derived significant standing from Young Master Peary's fame, allowing him to dominate everyone else.
