MAMA. QUICKLY. Come and look! Ginny! There’s someone coming.’ Hannah and Joseph almost fell into the hall in their excitement. ‘There’s a man – two men,’ said Joseph. ‘And one of them has a black face,’ said Hannah, ‘and they’re riding beautiful horses.’ Ginny ushered them into the drawing room. ...
Mrs Scryven had prepared a hamper of food and drink for their journey, and Maria had brought warm blankets and pillows down into the main hall in case the weather was cold, or the inns where they would break their journey were not warm or comfortable enough. There had been some discussion between...
Billy! Can you come into the office for a moment?’ Gilbert sat behind his father’s desk and pondered. So much to do. He really didn’t know where to start first. There was a pile of correspondence on the desk waiting for attention, and he didn’t know the answers to most of the queries which were c...
They'd insisted that he did. 'You're still upset about losing your ma,' Sissy told him. 'Stop wi' us for a couple o' days until you feel better. We'll feed you and you can sleep here nice and safe and run errands to pay us back. How does that sound?' It sounded good to him, for he was very weary ...
‘Why did you not come sooner? That Newmarch, ’e is not ze usual Eenglishman. He is very passionate. Phew!’ Sofia wafted her hand in front of her nose. ‘You stink of cigarro.’ Elena grinned. ‘It worked, si? ’E want to make love to you?’ ‘Tst. Like your grandmother says, you ’ave no manners!’ Sofia...
He had travelled back with them from York to Hull, which was the original point of Emily’s arrest, and talked to the magistrates’ clerk, who had given him little hope unless the complainant agreed to withdraw charges. But Hugo Purnell had disappeared. He was not at his own home in Hessle or at hi...