Beguiled
“BROCKVILLE was shocked by the announcement that Miss Clara Hamilton was waiting to see her in the downstairs parlour. She was equally eager to speak to the girl and discover what happened after she’d left Somerset, in detail. Mrs. Brockville had heard the rumours, of course; all of London was talking about Clara and Branson Hamilton, but to hear the tale from the horse’s mouth would be a coup indeed.
“My dear, Miss Hamilton! How well you look. Have you just come from your mother’s house? We’ve ...heard the news, such a sad business. Colonel Brockville is deeply distressed by this turn of events, as indeed your father and mother must be. And you! My dear, is it true that you were confined to Gateshead Asylum? Was it because of the ghost? I might have warned you to keep that story to yourself. Practical men like your father do not credit the supernatural. He would chalk your visitation up to a weakness in your mind. However did you get out?”
Clara’s hand travelled automatically to her shortened hair.MoreLess
“My dear, Miss Hamilton! How well you look. Have you just come from your mother’s house? We’ve ...heard the news, such a sad business. Colonel Brockville is deeply distressed by this turn of events, as indeed your father and mother must be. And you! My dear, is it true that you were confined to Gateshead Asylum? Was it because of the ghost? I might have warned you to keep that story to yourself. Practical men like your father do not credit the supernatural. He would chalk your visitation up to a weakness in your mind. However did you get out?”
Clara’s hand travelled automatically to her shortened hair.MoreLess
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