The Betrayal of Maggie Blair by Elizabeth Laird

Author:Elizabeth Laird [Laird, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2011-11-26T06:44:17+00:00

"Can't you see, all of you? Don't you understand? She's a liar! A cheat! A thief ! She ran away from Bute because she was afraid of being punished for adultery. She must have got rid of the baby she was carrying. She's come here because she's desperate and she knows you're good and kind, and you'll take her in and look after her, but she'll destroy you, like she destroyed my granny and tried to destroy me. Don't listen to her! I'm begging you! Don't!"

It was no good. Uncle Blair was shaking his head sadly at me, and Aunt Blair had leaned down over Andrew's cradle, turning her back on me. Blinded by my tears, I stumbled to the door and ran outside into the driving rain.

***

It was Ritchie who found me much later. I had thrown myself down against a bale of hay in the barn and had gone from storming tears, through fist-clenching rages and wild schemes of revenge, to the quiet misery of despair. Since I'd come to Ladymuir, I'd found a healing calm, and though I hadn't been truly happy, I'd been accepted by a kindly family. Now I felt as if a malignant hand was reaching out to drag me back to the terrors and violence of the past.

I couldn't speak to Ritchie, who was standing diffidently in front of me, embarrassed by my distress.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.