Longing (2015)
“She had lost her husband in the same cave-in as had killed Gwyn Jones. Unlike her friend Siân Jones, she had not gone back to work in the mine afterward. She wanted something better. She yearned for something better, for a grander home and for pretty clothes and money for some luxuries. She dreamed of a rich husband. She had found a job cleaning house for the Reverend Llewellyn and for Owen Parry. She had begun stepping out with Emrys Rhys two years after her husband’s death, and there had been... a growing fondness on both sides. But then she had got a job at Josiah Barnes’s house to add to the other two, and finally her dreams had seemed within her grasp. She had stopped seeing Emrys.
Angharad was lifting a small tray of cakes from the oven when Josiah Barnes returned to his house from showing the marquess around the mine. She set it down and smiled at him.
“Good afternoon, Mr. Barnes,” she said. “I have made you some little currant cakes for your tea.MoreLess
Angharad was lifting a small tray of cakes from the oven when Josiah Barnes returned to his house from showing the marquess around the mine. She set it down and smiled at him.
“Good afternoon, Mr. Barnes,” she said. “I have made you some little currant cakes for your tea.MoreLess
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