A Mother's Sacrifice
“‘My little girl, you are so grown up now.’ Quinta smiled falteringly. She thought she had grown up years ago, but she knew her mother meant more than running the farm. ‘Two weeks only, Mother. Not a day longer.’ ‘Patrick will look after you, dear.’ She turned to him. ‘Your father has promised me that I can trust you with her. Do not let me down.’ ‘You can be sure of that, ma’am.’ Quinta glanced at him quickly. His face was serious and so dark that she would have thought him quite menacing if he... were still a stranger to her. But she had revised her opinion of him and wondered if, perhaps, he had doubts about this agreement.
Patrick loaded the box on to the early-morning carrier and paid the carter as Mrs Haig squeezed her daughter’s hands and said goodbye.Then he took his father’s pack and crutch and helped him climb awkwardly into his seat.
‘Remember what I told you, son,’ Sergeant Ross whispered in his ear. ‘If you do bed her—’ ‘I shall not.’ ‘Listen to me!MoreLess
Patrick loaded the box on to the early-morning carrier and paid the carter as Mrs Haig squeezed her daughter’s hands and said goodbye.Then he took his father’s pack and crutch and helped him climb awkwardly into his seat.
‘Remember what I told you, son,’ Sergeant Ross whispered in his ear. ‘If you do bed her—’ ‘I shall not.’ ‘Listen to me!MoreLess
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