She wanted to have it removed from the stables to the schoolroom, but Jervis declined to permit this ... and, in any case, as he pointed out, the puppy was Edwina’s property.As soon as Edwina felt she would like to have it over in the schoolroom, and Strawberry would not be tempted to carry it ba...
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he instructed her. “Stephanie, although she looks gawky and overgrown, is tougher than you are at the moment, and you’re not to allow her to exhaust you. I shall remain here for about a week before returning to London, and see you settled in, and then I shall probably come up here for the odd wee...
She was afraid to go on climbing, and she was terrified to go down by the way she had come.She was a slender girl in shorts—his lip curled as he reflected how addicted the English were to the wrong type of clothing for the region they were in—and her legs looked very long and slim, and were tanne...
He could not spare the time for a proper honeymoon, so the weekend was a compromise. They had been married quite early in the morning, without fuss of any kind, and afterward in the cream car they had slid away from Oberlaken and made for the mountains.Caro enjoyed every moment of the drive. They...
However, some people might decide you merely look young.” She flushed. “I could always say that he was my brother.” “But when my adoption papers are made absolute he will be my adopted son!” “And you really—really mean to adopt him?” “I have said so,” in frozen tones. “And you want me to stay on ...
Spring merged into summer and Paris was gay. The Tuileries Gardens were gay, the gardens of the Luxembourg Palace were gay, the Bois was the happy hunting ground of eager young things and those who loved to ride. It created an illusion of space and rural delights in the midst of more sophisticate...
To begin with it was very large and very pretentious, and with its pepper-box towers and high walls looked like a copy of an old French chateau. Which, in point of fact, was exactly what it was, for the late Montagu Jackson, after a visit with his wife to the South of France, had had it built on ...
. . . Lisa felt, this morning, that it had all the color and the romance of the ages, and it was a color and romance that had got into her blood. The thought that depressed her was that soon — all too soon — she would have to get it out of her blood, and when that time arrived she would have to s...
And it was Paul who remembered her.Having gazed into the eyes of the radiant Sophie much as a shipwrecked seaman, standing on the beach of a desert island, gazes at a ship that is steaming in his direction, and kissed both of the hands that were extended towards him—with a bemused fervour, or so ...
Yet everywhere Carol, who had been given so much, was haunted by the lack of something precious -- the love of the man who had married her out of compassion, to save her from a life of poverty and hardship. What was she to do? How could she convince him that she was not a frail child but a woman ...
And when they reached Fountains, where only the hall light burned dimly, shining out through the staircase window, he stood on the barely illuminated steps and put his key deliberately in the lock, and then stood aside for her to enter—still without saying a word.Stacey felt the coldness of the h...
Frederica was so obviously horrified by, and slightly ashamed of, Mrs. Wells’ and Rosaleen’s attitude that they would be welcome almost anywhere, and at Farthing Hall they were surely entitled to a welcome.But even Lucille seemed to think it odd that the hard-headed businessman who had been her e...
At first, when she caught sight of him in conversation with an attractive, dark-haired young woman behind the reception desk, she received the impression that he was making enquiries about something or someone, until he turned and came quickly towards her, ignoring Edouard in the first few moment...
It was Purvis who answered the telephone, and it was Mrs. Abbott who conveyed the news to Lucy. The house was to be put into a state of complete preparedness for the reception of no less than three guests. Three guests and Sir John, who would be arriving before the weekend! &nbs...
Dr. Muller did not count. He was charming and friendly, and she was grateful to him for cutting short his period of slumber in order to make it possible for her to witness such a display. But it was only the startling splendor of the sunrise which had caused her temporarily to forget that lonelin...
There was always plenty of wood to be found about the estate, and she had permission from the estate office to help herself, and was thankful because she was always able to maintain good fires. But in the main part of the house, despite enormous fireplaces, one generous wood fire would have made ...