The Reluctant Duke (A Seabrook Family Saga) - Plot & Excerpts
yelled Amy Sinclair, as she burst into Emma Hamilton’s room on the top floor of Miss Beauregard’s Finishing School for Young Ladies in Brookline, Massachusetts and threw her arms around Emma’s waist. “What’s the matter?” Emma asked as she rubbed the sobbing girl’s back. Poor Amy was an orphan and the niece of Miss Beauregard, and it was difficult for her here. When Amy was not attending to her studies, she had to earn her keep doing light household chores. Amy, because she was related to Miss Beauregard and was the youngest in the school at ten years old, was teased relentlessly and blamed for any mishap that occurred. “Come, let’s sit on my bed, and you can tell me what happened.” “I …I…I didn’t do it. Please, Emma, you must help me. Miss Beauregard is th…th…threatening to send me back to the orphanage.” Amy managed to get the words out between hiccups. “You know my aunt doesn’t want me here, and this will be her excuse to get rid of me.” “Miss Beauregard would do no such thing.
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