The other women were not exactly hostile to her, just indifferent, and she made no real friends. The paleness of her complexion seemed to set her apart. Only Kiya, the disgraced Nubian girl, had made any friendly overtures to her, but she mistrusted her motives and felt it unwise to encourage som...
The smoky room reeked of tobacco and Jane coughed as she entered, which only seemed to enrage Nanny Baines further. She seized the girl by the neck and shoved her down to her knees before the surprised master of the house. ‘I found this pair of reprobates in your summer pa...