“Lord Henley came to see me the day after the Days dug out the skull. He did not use the boot scraper but trailed mud into our parlor. When Bessy announced him, Louise was out, Margaret was sewing, and I was writing to our brother to tell him about the events on the beach the previous day. Margaret gave a little cry, bobbed at Lord Henley, and excused herself, stumbling upstairs to her room. Although she often saw the Henleys at services at St. Michael’s, she did not expect ever to find one brea...ching the safety of her own home, where she did not have to wear her brave, lighthearted public face. Lord Henley looked so surprised at Margaret’s abrupt exit that it was clear he’d known nothing about what had gone on between her and his friend James Foot. Granted, that had taken place a few years before, and he might have expected Margaret to have got over it. Or he may have forgotten: He was not the sort of man to remember what women cared about. Not Margaret, however. A spinster does not forget.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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