Melloria rose to her feet, her heart thumping. ‘I shall go to her at once.’ She hurried through the gloom of the abbey, hardly noticing the cold and damp now for she had become accustomed to the hardship. Rosalie was waiting. Turning, as Melloria entered, she looked...
A part of her was sorry to be parting from Simon, because the second half of their holiday had been much nicer. Simon had been different in London, more relaxed, and they’d gone out to the theatre and restaurants, and drunk a lot of champagne, which Simon always seemed able to find; perhaps becau...
‘Frances must be so upset. I can’t believe it could have happened so quickly. Just a few hours . . .’ ‘Frances told Alice that he’d had a chill for a few days, and then he started being very sick. She told us she was worried and Alice wanted me to go over there, so I did. When I saw Charlie I too...
She swore as her head went round and round, but managed to grab the key. She held her right hand with her left as she struggled to open the door, eventually accomplishing it. The door clicked shut behind her as she shed her jacket, letting it fall to the ground where she stood just inside the doo...
Shaking her head, she walked slowly up the stairs, her heart sinking. Lord South had risked his life for hers and he was a very sick man. He would be weeks recovering, if indeed he survived the fever that was bound to result from his ordeal at the surgeon’s hands. &nbs...
‘That girl will be the death of me. She has stayed out for hours before, even missed her supper – but the babe was crying half the night. I gave her a bottle of warm cow’s milk and she quietened, but she’s fretful this morning and she was sick. She still needs her mother’s milk.’ ‘Do you want me ...