Shivers Box Set: Darkening Around Me\legacy of Darkness\the Devil's Eye\black Rose
“The voice had been querulous, as my employer’s worn face folded into uncompromising lines. I bit my lip. I had no idea who the lady waiting in the parlour might be, or why she had asked for me, but I fervently wished her elsewhere. I had been employed with Mrs Grimshaw for barely a month and I could not afford to lose this position. Muttering an apology, I promised to be no more than ten minutes.
Pausing before the speckled mirror that hung in the narrow hallway, I smoothed my hair and straight...ened the neat collar on my prim blue dress. Nervously, I pushed open the parlour door.
“Oh, my dear!” My visitor called out in a soft, lilting voice, and I was instantly clasped in a scented embrace. “Oh, do forgive me, I have startled you! But, you see, I could not help myself. You are so very like your beloved mama.” I must have been staring in surprise, because she gave a trill of laughter and said, “But now you are looking at me as if I have run mad and, indeed, I cannot find it in me to blame you.MoreLess
Pausing before the speckled mirror that hung in the narrow hallway, I smoothed my hair and straight...ened the neat collar on my prim blue dress. Nervously, I pushed open the parlour door.
“Oh, my dear!” My visitor called out in a soft, lilting voice, and I was instantly clasped in a scented embrace. “Oh, do forgive me, I have startled you! But, you see, I could not help myself. You are so very like your beloved mama.” I must have been staring in surprise, because she gave a trill of laughter and said, “But now you are looking at me as if I have run mad and, indeed, I cannot find it in me to blame you.MoreLess
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