“A woman who pursued a full-time career at the end of the century, however, had little time for the trivia on which such relationships depend. Margaret had never had much in common with her brother William, and their already strained relationship had been further weakened by her decision to remain independent of him after Charles’s death. Since her move to London at Lord Glanville’s instigation, she had ceased to visit Brinsley House even for holidays. She saw Beatrice from time to time, for her... niece – still unmarried at twenty-seven – was by now the secretary of a Bristol group campaigning for women’s suffrage, and represented the city on a national committee which met at Lord Glanville’s house. But although Margaret corresponded with the Bristol branch of the family, remembering birthdays and exchanging news and good wishes, she had not actually spoken to William since the stormy conversation in which he had admitted his part in helping Alexa to escape from Margaret’s care.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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