Fallen Grace (2010)
“Miss Charlotte, well tutored about her new background, was looking slightly different. Not enough to cause the neighbours to gossip, but just subtle temporary measures that could be changed back later. The Unwins had no way of telling if there was anyone other than the sisters with knowledge of the general appearance of either of the Parkes parents, so to bring her complexion more into line with the skins of Lily and Grace, Charlotte’s blooming complexion had become paler under a liberal applic...ation of face powder, and her hair treated with a mixture of glycerine, red wine and rosewater in order to render it darker. In addition, she was wearing a false switch of auburn ringlets on the crown of her head, which shook each time she burst into distracting tears – which was fairly often. ‘My dear. Such a shock, I know!’ Her mother produced a bottle of smelling salts from her crocodile-skin handbag and waved it under Charlotte’s nose. ‘But you always knew you were adopted, did you not?’ Charlotte sniffled tearfully.MoreLess
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