A Mistress for Stansted Hall (2015)
“This chamber was far worse than the rest of the house, she almost felt sorry for the obnoxious man who lived here. Goodness knows what he'd been given to eat – her stomach roiled at the thought.
Tying her apron more firmly about her waist, rolling up her sleeves of her serviceable gown, she turned to her two children who were not convinced that helping to clean the kitchen was really a game they wished to take part in.
‘Now, my dears, this is to be a race. The winner will be the one who... can clear their section of the table the quickest.’ She drew a line in the dirt at one end. ‘Jack, this is your section. Mary, you do up to this line, and I'll do the rest.’ She'd divided the table so that she had more than half to clear, it was her hope that they would finish simultaneously. ‘Ready, go.’ Not waiting to see if her children joined in she raced to her end of the table and snatched up three filthy plates. Pivoting on one heel she pounded into the scullery to drop them into the hot soapy water she had prepared earlier.MoreLess
Tying her apron more firmly about her waist, rolling up her sleeves of her serviceable gown, she turned to her two children who were not convinced that helping to clean the kitchen was really a game they wished to take part in.
‘Now, my dears, this is to be a race. The winner will be the one who... can clear their section of the table the quickest.’ She drew a line in the dirt at one end. ‘Jack, this is your section. Mary, you do up to this line, and I'll do the rest.’ She'd divided the table so that she had more than half to clear, it was her hope that they would finish simultaneously. ‘Ready, go.’ Not waiting to see if her children joined in she raced to her end of the table and snatched up three filthy plates. Pivoting on one heel she pounded into the scullery to drop them into the hot soapy water she had prepared earlier.MoreLess
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