Dear Trustee
“Her leaden feet seemed to hold her motionless, and she could only stare, in a sort of nightmare fascination, at the smooth, bent head of the girl who was mounting the stairs.Then suddenly the acuteness of the danger—the awareness that neither of the people in the flat behind her must see Felicity—galvanized her into action. She wrenched herself away from the banister and ran rapidly down the stairs, determined at all costs to prevent what could only be a disastrous scene of revelation.The girls... met on the lower landing, wordless and wide-eyed; Felicity in that moment almost as taken aback as Cecile, who was evidently the last person she had expected to see.“What are you doing here?” It was Cecile who found her voice first, and though she spoke in little more than a whisper, her tone carried the sharpness of a hiss.“That’s my business.” Though put out, Felicity made an effort to recover herself.“It’s my business too.” Cecile stood in her path. “You were coming to see Laurie—to see my mother—weren’t you?MoreLess
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