The Fleethaven Trilogy
“The summer had passed all too quickly and already it was September. ‘I’ll miss the Harvest Festival and the Harvest Supper at the Grange.’ All her protests were in vain. Her mother was adamant and there was nothing Kate, nor her stepfather, could do about it. Esther Godfrey remained inflexible even in the face of her own father’s wrath. From the kitchen Kate had listened as Will Benson had stood in the doorway of the pantry, whilst Esther churned the butter.
‘The city’s no place for that la...ss,’ he had railed. ‘She’ll be miserable . . .’ ‘She will be if you keep putting the idea into her head,’ her mother had snapped back.
‘But, Esther . . .’ ‘No “buts”, Dad. Kate’s going to boarding school for a couple of years and that’s that.’ The handle of the barrel churn flew round under Esther’s angry hand, until they could hear the flip-flop of the thickening butter.
‘Huh.’ Will Benson turned away from the pantry door.MoreLess
‘The city’s no place for that la...ss,’ he had railed. ‘She’ll be miserable . . .’ ‘She will be if you keep putting the idea into her head,’ her mother had snapped back.
‘But, Esther . . .’ ‘No “buts”, Dad. Kate’s going to boarding school for a couple of years and that’s that.’ The handle of the barrel churn flew round under Esther’s angry hand, until they could hear the flip-flop of the thickening butter.
‘Huh.’ Will Benson turned away from the pantry door.MoreLess
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