title: William Shakespeare, Richard Barnfield, and the Sixth Earl of Derby
author:  Leo Daugherty 
description: Leo Daugherty is professor emeritus of literature and linguislies at the Evergreen State College, where he taught Shakespeare and other programs in Renaissance studies and also served as academic dean and founding head of the Science and Human Values Division for many years. He now teaches at the University of Virginia. Dr. Daugherty holds a PhD from Texas A &amp; M University, an MA from the University of Arkansas, and a BA from Western Kentucky University. He also completed his postdoctoral studies in linguisties at Harvard University and MIT. Dr. Daugherty has Published essays and Monographs on Shakespeare. the Elizabethan poet Richard Barnfield, and William Stanley. the sixth earl of Derby. In addition. he has published studies on American writers. such as Cormae McCarthy and Allen Ginsberg.
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  Price scratched his head. Why would he have written to Lenore and offered her
  employment when he obviously had no use for a paid companion? He had no female
  relatives, or a wife, either.
  
  
  She caught his eye. “Could we talk today, after you change perhaps?”
  
  
  He nodded slowly and glanced outside. Yes, it was definitely afternoon, and
  judging by the increased traffic of elegant carriages heading toward Hyde
  Park, it was almost time for the promenade. He’d lost track of another day.
  But he’d also lost track of his reason for writing to Lenore, and that seemed
  the more pressing problem. “I didn’t realize it was so late.”
  
  
  “You’ve slept the day away, but I’m glad you’re finally awake to sort things
  out.” She grinned. “Do you think… Would you mind very much putting some
  trousers on while we discuss my new duties?”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Romancing the Earl
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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