This Way to Heaven (2011)
“Some had been locked and left to the dust and spiders, but in others she could tell that the servants had made at least some attempt to keep up the appearances of a great house.
She did not envy Mary’s job here.
It must be so difficult to motivate the staff when the Master of the house and estate obviously did not care.
To her amazement Jasmina found a vast ballroom, its mirrors covered in white sheets, its once shining parquet floor dull and unpolished.
On the third storey she ...discovered what must once have been the nurseries and the schoolroom.
The bars on the windows and the quaint little pictures on the walls of dogs, horses and toy soldiers left her in no doubt of its original purpose.
She found herself smiling – this was where the Earl had spent his childhood.
There were even small pencil marks on the side of the door to show where a little boy had measured his height every year.MoreLess
She did not envy Mary’s job here.
It must be so difficult to motivate the staff when the Master of the house and estate obviously did not care.
To her amazement Jasmina found a vast ballroom, its mirrors covered in white sheets, its once shining parquet floor dull and unpolished.
On the third storey she ...discovered what must once have been the nurseries and the schoolroom.
The bars on the windows and the quaint little pictures on the walls of dogs, horses and toy soldiers left her in no doubt of its original purpose.
She found herself smiling – this was where the Earl had spent his childhood.
There were even small pencil marks on the side of the door to show where a little boy had measured his height every year.MoreLess
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