The House of Hopes and Dreams by Trisha Ashley

Author:Trisha Ashley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
Published: 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00

On the day Mr Browne was to return, Ralph set out to meet him and was no more seen again that day, presumably dining with his friend. And since we had separate bedchambers at Mossby (something I assumed to be the way of the gentry) I had no idea what time he came home.

Next day I spent in the workshop. Father having approved a design I had made for a customer, I was engaged in drawing up the cartoon to send down to him, along with some trays of glass ready for painting and firing.

I was quite occupied and happy, so that I entirely forgot the time until Honoria sent a servant down to remind me to return for lunch. Ralph very often called in so that we could walk back to the house together, but today he had not done so and Honoria told me he and his friend had gone off somewhere, but would both be back in time to dine that evening.

Rosslyn Browne came to dinner and somehow the whole atmosphere changed, though I couldn’t understand why. He was an elegant, slender, bearded man with eloquent dark eyes and of middle height. He and my husband seemed to share many interests and indeed engaged in similar conversations to those we had shared. But when I joined in, both looked at me as if surprised that I had interrupted them.

It quickly became clear that Mr Browne resented my presence: he was of the jealous variety of friends and wanted to be the centre of Ralph’s attention.

I did not like his dismissive – almost sarcastic – attitude towards Honoria either and she, unsurprisingly, was very cold towards him.

I hoped Mr Browne’s work kept him frequently away from home.

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