The housekeeper had made her suspicions only too plain, but it would be useless, Caroline knew, to try to convince her that she hadn’t the slightest notion of trying to steal Randall from Grace. How foolish and futile such an ambition would be—even were she to entertain it for a moment. And yet, ...
When I was ready I critically surveyed myself in the long mirror. I was looking my best, I decided. The sage green linen frock suited my colouring and as the day was hot and sunny I wore a wide-brimmed hat of burnt orange that flopped against my shoulders. Downstairs I could hear Mrs. McAlister r...
She nodded towards the door through which the girl with the shining dark hair had disappeared. ‘She’s beautiful—and wealthy too! Isn’t that it?’ At last the veils had been taken from her eyes. She saw Jeremy as he really was and she no longer hoped.‘Do you know who that girl is?’ he asked in a lo...
It is a blue, the colour of the sea: it is a colour that becomes me very well.’For the rest of Kate’s visit, Doretta chatted amicably, displaying her wardrobe and discussing her possessions. Was it simply her Latin blood that made Doretta so uninhibited, Kate wondered, or was it a subtle attempt ...
The servants might discuss the fact that I, a newcomer, had rearranged the furniture. Something had happened the previous night that had kept me wakeful and restless. It had happened soon after Melinda had departed, for after I had moved the chest into position I saw that my arms and hands were g...