The Wicked Guardian
“The long lazy days, the stifling rigidity of each day’s schedule, the lack of excitement, had, in retrospect, a certain charm, and she was grateful, later, for the interval of quiet.She gave serious consideration to her future, and while she did not think she could manage to live a life with Sir Alex, yet marriage was the one way she could escape from the yoke of her wicked guardian. She had no very clear-cut plan, more like a vague desire that something would turn up to show her what next to d...o.But when it came, she did not at first recognize it. The catalyst came in the form of a letter to Lady Thane from her daughter.“Listen to this,” said Lady Thane at breakfast. “Clare, here’s a letter from Harriet—I suppose it will be full of humdrum...”Her voice died away as she began to peruse it. When she was halfway through she began to voice little wordless sounds, and by the time she had reached the end of the letter, Clare sat stiffly with her coffee cup arrested in midair, her attention riveted.“What is it?”“It’s infection!MoreLess
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