The Wild Seed
“It was a room she had come, if not to like, at least to be comfortable in. She was becoming reclusive and she was aware of it but she lived her life in her own way. Trying to please other people did not always pay dividends.
Bethan lifted her head, listening, she thought she heard a voice, low, sibilant. She turned, there was no-one, only the painting of her ancestor, Elizabeth Llewellyn, the eyes seeming to look through her, into her soul. Bethan was not quite sure what had made her put the po...rtrait in her bedroom, perhaps it was some foolish idea of having a companion, someone who was blood of her blood beside her in the dark, lonely nights.
A knocking on the door jolted her out of her reverie; the young maid stood there, agitated, her thin face white, her eyes round with fear.
‘Come quick, Mrs Hopkins!’ Bethan rose slowly to her feet. ‘What’s wrong?’ ‘It’s Mr Llewellyn, I think he’s sick.’ Bethan pushed the trembling girl aside and hurried along the landing towards her father’s room.MoreLess
Bethan lifted her head, listening, she thought she heard a voice, low, sibilant. She turned, there was no-one, only the painting of her ancestor, Elizabeth Llewellyn, the eyes seeming to look through her, into her soul. Bethan was not quite sure what had made her put the po...rtrait in her bedroom, perhaps it was some foolish idea of having a companion, someone who was blood of her blood beside her in the dark, lonely nights.
A knocking on the door jolted her out of her reverie; the young maid stood there, agitated, her thin face white, her eyes round with fear.
‘Come quick, Mrs Hopkins!’ Bethan rose slowly to her feet. ‘What’s wrong?’ ‘It’s Mr Llewellyn, I think he’s sick.’ Bethan pushed the trembling girl aside and hurried along the landing towards her father’s room.MoreLess
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