Jack On the Box (1990)
“Selby interrupted her with some news.
The library at the manor had been neglected for some time. Sir Waldo was not a serious scholar, though he did have his favourites among the classics, which were those works given to the sporting inclinations of the Greeks and Romans. The remainder of his collection lay ignored, and it was into these books Cecily had decided to sail, armed with a feather duster. Her hair was confined in an old cap and her clothes had gathered more dust than her trusty implem...ent. She wiped her hands on her apron as Mrs. Selby made her announcement.
“Word’s come up from the inn at Hockley Heath, Miss Cecily. There’s a coachman been injured. Broke his leg, they said, when the axle broke and he got tossed off the box. Mr. Rose, down at the inn, thought you’d better be told, seeing as how Sir Waldo would want to know.”
Cecily stepped down off the stool she had been using and reached up to untie her cap. “Yes, thank you, Mrs. Selby. I am certain Sir Waldo would want him carried up to the manor.MoreLess
The library at the manor had been neglected for some time. Sir Waldo was not a serious scholar, though he did have his favourites among the classics, which were those works given to the sporting inclinations of the Greeks and Romans. The remainder of his collection lay ignored, and it was into these books Cecily had decided to sail, armed with a feather duster. Her hair was confined in an old cap and her clothes had gathered more dust than her trusty implem...ent. She wiped her hands on her apron as Mrs. Selby made her announcement.
“Word’s come up from the inn at Hockley Heath, Miss Cecily. There’s a coachman been injured. Broke his leg, they said, when the axle broke and he got tossed off the box. Mr. Rose, down at the inn, thought you’d better be told, seeing as how Sir Waldo would want to know.”
Cecily stepped down off the stool she had been using and reached up to untie her cap. “Yes, thank you, Mrs. Selby. I am certain Sir Waldo would want him carried up to the manor.MoreLess
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