Legacy of Secrets
“Mrs. Simms, who was as famous in Dublin as any French designer in Paris, was making her presentation gown and half a dozen other ball dresses, in shades of cream and lemon and rose, ice-blue and nile-green. Only the presentation gown would be white, with a tight duchesse satin bodice and a sweeping skirt, as pure and virginal as a bride’s. Except, as Ciel said breathless with envy, twice as much fun.
Her mother hurried Lily off to London to sit for her portrait, and for a round of tea parties, ...and then it was home to Ardnavarna, and the Big House crammed with friends, with roaring fires and enormous dinners. And long rides with Finn through the woods or along the beach.
“Do you niver miss me when yer away there in the big city?” he asked moodily one morning.
They had tethered their horses and were walking through a sheltered glade in the woods. Lily kicked at the soggy mulched leaves around the base of a tree, thinking about it. The truth was she didn’t miss him: she was just too busy; and besides, Finn belonged to her life at Ardnavarna.MoreLess
Her mother hurried Lily off to London to sit for her portrait, and for a round of tea parties, ...and then it was home to Ardnavarna, and the Big House crammed with friends, with roaring fires and enormous dinners. And long rides with Finn through the woods or along the beach.
“Do you niver miss me when yer away there in the big city?” he asked moodily one morning.
They had tethered their horses and were walking through a sheltered glade in the woods. Lily kicked at the soggy mulched leaves around the base of a tree, thinking about it. The truth was she didn’t miss him: she was just too busy; and besides, Finn belonged to her life at Ardnavarna.MoreLess
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