A Radical Arrangement
“Sir Justin slept most of the time, waking only briefly to eat or sometimes murmur a few sentences. At first Margaret feared that he had taken a fever, but Mrs. Dowling assured her that he was merely weak and would soon recover more fully. In the meantime, he did not require constant watching. If someone was within call, as they always were at the small tavern, it was enough. Thus Margaret found herself with a good deal of unoccupied time. She sat with Keighley part of the day, but she also walk...ed, always stopping at her newfound hideaway, and often going on more than two miles along the shore.
She had been a sedentary girl, but here there were no books to read and no mother to find indoor tasks for her. Her usually negligible appetite improved with the exercise and with Mrs. Appleby’s good, simple food, as did her color. By the end of her first week in the village, Margaret’s cheeks were redder than they had ever been, and her figure more rounded. Indeed, her mother might have looked twice before she recognized her overthin, pale, withdrawn daughter in this carefree, bright-eyed young woman.MoreLess
She had been a sedentary girl, but here there were no books to read and no mother to find indoor tasks for her. Her usually negligible appetite improved with the exercise and with Mrs. Appleby’s good, simple food, as did her color. By the end of her first week in the village, Margaret’s cheeks were redder than they had ever been, and her figure more rounded. Indeed, her mother might have looked twice before she recognized her overthin, pale, withdrawn daughter in this carefree, bright-eyed young woman.MoreLess
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