The Parson's Daughter by Catherine Cookson

Author:Catherine Cookson [Cookson, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780360522
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

When the hand came tentatively on hers she went to withdraw it, then let it lie. And when he looked into her face, saying, ‘Nancy Ann, if ever you feel you need a friend in any way whatever, will you remember that I am here for as long as God spares me just in order to help you.’

The hand lifted abruptly from hers and she was surprised to see him swing up from the sofa and walk hurriedly from the room. And she was more surprised at her thoughts as she lay back against the hard head of the sofa, saying to herself, Yes, yes, life would indeed have been different if I’d married him.

It was evening before she saw Dennison again. She was in the bedroom changing for dinner. This was another routine she’d had to get used to, why one had to change so many times a day and especially for dinner when they were dining alone. But, as Dennison had informed her when they first came home, it was expected of them; there was a certain standard to keep up before the servants.

There came a tap on the bedroom door. She expected Anderson to enter, and so was surprised when she saw Dennison, for he never knocked on doors. She was standing near the wardrobe and he came slowly towards her and, putting his hands on her shoulders, he looked into her face, then without a word he bent and kissed her gently on the lips.

‘Are we friends again?’ he asked softly.

She was weary. There was no fight in her. At the moment she didn’t care what he had done in the past, she only knew she wanted his arms about her again. And when, without a word, she fell against him and was enfolded once more, and as his lips traced themselves over her face the thought came to her, in something akin to horror and amazement, that only a few hours ago she had been about to confide her unhappiness, and the reason for it, to Mr Mercer…Graham. Really! Perhaps this is what carrying a child did to you: it weakened your reserves, for if she had felt inclined to confide in anyone, it should have been her grandmama, certainly not another man.

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