Sally James
“It was true that a pair of imposing gates were placed at the end of the short drive, but they were rarely closed, and there was no lodge with a keeper to supervise the entrance of visitors. Opposite these gates was a small plain house built in the style of Queen Anne a century before, with a pleasant well-tended garden surrounding it. Its gate, much less imposing than the ones of the manor house, gave onto a flagged path that led in a few yards to the front door.
This door now opened, and a tal...l, stately girl emerged, paused for a moment on the threshold to throw back a laughing remark to some unseen person within, and then stepped down onto the path. She was smiling as she trod towards the road, her simple white muslin round gown revealing the grace of her movements, unhurried, yet firm. On her arm she bore a small basket, the corners of a napkin visible above the edges. It might have been some gracious chatelaine going to visit some poor dependant except that Mary Wyndham, on opening the gate into the road, crossed over this and proceeded through the manor house gates and along that drive.MoreLess
This door now opened, and a tal...l, stately girl emerged, paused for a moment on the threshold to throw back a laughing remark to some unseen person within, and then stepped down onto the path. She was smiling as she trod towards the road, her simple white muslin round gown revealing the grace of her movements, unhurried, yet firm. On her arm she bore a small basket, the corners of a napkin visible above the edges. It might have been some gracious chatelaine going to visit some poor dependant except that Mary Wyndham, on opening the gate into the road, crossed over this and proceeded through the manor house gates and along that drive.MoreLess
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