The drawing room was finished, though the part of the panelling from which the paint had been removed would not look the same for some time, and Anne had cleverly managed to conceal most of it.Mrs. Wyatt looked rather sourly at the finished work, and remarked that they need not have bothered to d...
Christmas was a time for families to be together, but she’d never felt too much a part of their family.“Will it be too much for you, Mrs. Cameron?” she asked anxiously. “I don’t expect they’ll stay long, because Uncle George still takes an active part in his investment business. He’s only semi-re...
She learned, too, that sometimes emeralds, sapphires and rubies were more beautiful in a polished form, cabochon cut, than the brilliant cut.‘Look at these stones,’ Uncle James told her, spreading out one or two diamonds big enough to take Catherine’s breath away. ‘How much would you give me for ...