Margaret said to her goddaughter as they swept their trailing skirts along the corridors of Hampton Court, where His Majesty was making a summer honeymoon jaunt of several weeks’ duration. “When a king voices a preference, it is law.”“Unless Parliament naysays him,” Zabby quipped.“You’ll not find...
Hearing the alarm raised, these moved in like sharks scenting blood, surrounding Hannah, who stood alone. “These are my pearls,” she said, doing her best to sound calm and reasonable, though she was both frightened and furious. “At least, not exactly mine, although . . .” “You see, she admits she...
Then she discreetly melted into the background to let them say their good-byes before the children passed through security. Glynnis Morgan gathered her children around her and looked at them so sternly the other passengers must have thought she was angry with them. But she wasn’t—she was only ver...
IT’S LIKE OLD TIMES, Meg thought as they ambled home. Old times of a scant few weeks ago when they were all safe in Arcadia, traipsing through its quads, dodging college students intent on Frisbee playing or love affairs or anything but their studies, trudging up the steep hills only for the joy ...