Prisoner of My Desire
“But she nearly jumped out of her skin when one of the doors she had to pass to get there opened and she was yanked inside.
“’Tis about time you came along,” a voice grumbled, though with unmistakable affection.
“Mildred!”
“Aye, and spending my whole morn up here just waiting for you to leave the weaving room. How did I miss you that you are coming from below?”
Rowena was too busy hugging the older woman to say anything for a moment, but then the words flowed out of her. “How do you come to be a...t Fulkhurst? Has Warrick sought revenge against you, too? I am so glad you are here, Mildred, but not if you are being abused by that monster. But I thought never to see you again and—”
“Shush, my sweet one,” Mildred soothed, and led Rowena to sit on a stool amidst baskets of sewing materials. “How can I answer if you do not pause for breath so I can? And why did you not answer my own question? I was told you would be sleeping in the weaving room.”
Mildred took the stool next to her, but Rowena did not look at her when she said, “I slept below yestereve.”MoreLess
“’Tis about time you came along,” a voice grumbled, though with unmistakable affection.
“Mildred!”
“Aye, and spending my whole morn up here just waiting for you to leave the weaving room. How did I miss you that you are coming from below?”
Rowena was too busy hugging the older woman to say anything for a moment, but then the words flowed out of her. “How do you come to be a...t Fulkhurst? Has Warrick sought revenge against you, too? I am so glad you are here, Mildred, but not if you are being abused by that monster. But I thought never to see you again and—”
“Shush, my sweet one,” Mildred soothed, and led Rowena to sit on a stool amidst baskets of sewing materials. “How can I answer if you do not pause for breath so I can? And why did you not answer my own question? I was told you would be sleeping in the weaving room.”
Mildred took the stool next to her, but Rowena did not look at her when she said, “I slept below yestereve.”MoreLess
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Guest 2 years ago
Can somebody please tell me how many ‘verily’ was in this novel?- I lost count.
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