A Very Unusual Governess by Sylvia Andrew

Author:Sylvia Andrew [Andrew, Sylvia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2004-11-28T23:00:00+00:00

The next morning was full of disturbance and bustle. Mrs Dutton was seriously put out at Mrs Barraclough’s sudden decision to come earlier than expected to Wychford, and spent all morning organising extra staff, discussing menus and making sure the best bedroom was ready for her new mistress. As she came out of her room, Octavia was surprised to find the housekeeper urging two of the men to take care with a large chair that was being carried up the narrow stairs to the room above Pip’s.

‘I believe it belonged to Mrs Carstairs, Miss Petrie,’ explained the housekeeper. ‘Mr Barraclough says it was in the top tower room when he first came to visit Mrs Carstairs, and he wants it taken back there. Apparently she spent most of her time up there when she was still well enough. The chair’s an ugly old thing, but I’m told she loved it. She had it brought down to her bedchamber when she was ill. But it can’t stay there. Mrs Barraclough is going to use that room, and the master doesn’t think his sister-in-law would like it. So the chair is to go upstairs again.’ From Mrs Dutton’s expression she could well have done without the extra work!

So that room on the top floor of the tower had been a favourite of her aunt’s? Octavia could well imagine it! She had only once taken a quick look inside it, and had been very intrigued. It was a strange room with a slanting ceiling and windows on nearly every side. The views were wonderful, and the tables and shelves were crammed with objects of all kinds—books, pictures, miniatures, ornaments, souvenirs…She had promised herself that she would go back one day to have a better look at it, but the room was normally locked, and Edward Barraclough kept the key. She had somehow never found a way of asking him for it. Today was obviously not the right time. Besides, she had things of her own to do, including a visit to the inn for her talk with Harry.

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