When the ladies breakfasted, Clayborne had already finished and left the house on estate business or fishing expeditions. Then Meg and Rebecca would take a stroll in the gardens or walk into the village to execute small commissions. Miss Turnpeck usually remained in the garden doing her needlework, and the sisters enjoyed the chance to be alone. After luncheon, from which Lord Clayborne also was usually absent, the ladles rested for a while and then Meg practiced on the pianoforte while Rebecca sketched and Miss Turnpeck read one of her innumerable guidebooks. Clayborne joined them for the evening meal, which was fairly early since they kept country hours, and then they would adjourn to the Blue Saloon where the sisters sang duets, or they all played cards and conversed. Rebecca, considering all this relaxing but hardly exciting, suggested a picnic for the following day and was seconded cheerfully by Meg. “Could you accompany us, Jason?” Rebecca asked. “You must know several spots in the neighborhood.”
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