Replenish the Earth (2001)
“So much strength and energy! She envied him that free stride, something she had never experienced in her whole life.
Was she being foolish about this house? She didn’t know. But a quiet life in Tunbridge Wells, a town Mr Jamieson had suggested as suitable for an unmarried lady of means, didn’t appeal to her at all, while the thought of living here, of bringing the house back to its old self - ah, that appealed to her greatly. But if her grandfather hadn’t been able to manage on his income, how could she? It would all need a great deal of thinking about.
A tap on the parlour door brought her out of her reverie. Mary peered in. ‘Will says I’m to show you round.’ ‘Thank you.’ Mary pushed open a door at the back of the dining room. ‘This was the still room, and beyond it are the store-rooms and you can get to them from the kitchen too.’ Sarah went to glance inside them, but they were all empty.
‘Made some lovely perfumes, she did, your grandmother,’ Mary went on. ‘And medicines, too.
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