Beyond the Veil of Tears
“How did it happen? Is Miss Angeline all right? How can we find out? How many people were hurt?’ ‘Whoa, lass, take a breath.’ Albert put his arm round his wife’s shoulders. Myrtle and Frederick had arrived at the farm minutes beforehand, after their overnight stay in London, and all day he had been dreading having to break the news to her about the fire at Earlswood Asylum. ‘I only know what’s in the paper. It being market day, Daniel went in to Castletown with the eggs and cheese and what-have-...you, and everyone was talking about it apparently. He pricked up his ears when he heard it was an asylum that had gone up, so he went and bought a paper, to see if it was Earlswood.’ ‘And it was.’ Myrtle’s face was tragic. ‘I shan’t rest till I know Miss Angeline’s safe. And this after Mrs Jefferson said she’d help to get her out of that place.’ ‘She did? Well, that’s good, lass. Now, don’t you go thinking the worse. Likely Miss Angeline’s as right as rain.’ ‘Let me see what the paper says.’ Myrtle took it, sitting down at the kitchen table in her coat and bonnet and reading it avidly, while her mother made them all a cup of tea.MoreLess
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