Anne frowned and scrunched her nose. "No. I don't want to have owt to do with any of them. I don't think our own boys are any better than the likes of Noah Longbottom. And I don't want to marry for a long time. It doesn't seem to bring much joy, except maybe for children. Anyway, I wouldn't be able marry for a long time, because I'm needed at home." Though plans had been forming in her mind. She was needed in Castleton as well. Could she abandon her family if the worst of her fears turned out true?