Bronson had spent the day in his study sketching elaborate plans for the garden he’d begun planting. He whistled and plotted space on the paper for corn, asparagus, and beets, with sweet william for decoration. Louisa and Anna exchanged a glance, wondering when he would realize it was too late in...
Rowena told Daniel the night she learned of her father’s death. She was splitting a chicken carcass into pieces to stew overnight for broth.Daniel nodded behind his newspaper. “I saw that one of the walls came down.”“You will have to ask that carpenter to come back, I suppose,” Rowena said, caref...
Magdelaine asked the next morning as she placed the pail full of fish on the kitchen worktable. She crossed into the front room to where Jean-Henri stood at the window. She had seen Susannah working in the garden when she returned from the lake. The young woman was crouched down with her back to ...