The Duke's Challenge
“‘Please don’t talk about dying, Mama, you have had worse bouts of fever and recovered. I’m sure it will be no different this time.’ Mama closed her eyes. ‘I have very little time; we both know that, my darling. You must give me your word that whatever your feelings on the matter, you will take your brother and sister to Thurston Hall and persuade my father to take you in.’ Charlotte had no choice. Her beloved mother was fading, how could she deny her last wish? Her eyes brimmed as she bent down... to kiss her mother’s pallid cheek. ‘I promise. I shall do as you wish. I’m going to call in Beth and Harry to say goodnight.’ They both knew she meant goodbye.
She rose gracefully and hurried across the sparsely furnished bedchamber to the door.
She opened it softly. ‘Beth, Harry, you must come in now.’ Beth, at eleven, was almost her replica, with russet hair, and a perfect oval face. Her white pinafore was crumpled from her long wait outside the chamber and her faded, blue cambric dress, tight around her chest.MoreLess
She rose gracefully and hurried across the sparsely furnished bedchamber to the door.
She opened it softly. ‘Beth, Harry, you must come in now.’ Beth, at eleven, was almost her replica, with russet hair, and a perfect oval face. Her white pinafore was crumpled from her long wait outside the chamber and her faded, blue cambric dress, tight around her chest.MoreLess
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