A New World by Jane Smith

Author:Jane Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing

They met Mrs Chisholm on their way to the Home. She was scurrying towards the wharf when they came upon her.

‘Carly Mills!’ she exclaimed. ‘How nice to see you again!’

‘Hello, Mrs Chisholm,’ Carly replied.

Dora’s eyes opened wide with surprise again. ‘Is this really—’

‘Yes!’ Carly whispered to her before turning back to Mrs Chisholm. She had been worried that Mrs Chisholm might be annoyed with her for running out on the cleaning job, but the lady was as warm and friendly as ever.

‘I just heard that a ship came in,’ Mrs Chisholm said. ‘I was worried that I might have missed the girls. But I see that you’ve already found two for me!’

‘Oh, no,’ Dora began, ‘I’m not—’

‘Welcome, welcome!’ Mrs Chisholm beamed at them. ‘No luggage again? Never mind, come with me. I'll have you settled in and find you jobs in no time.'

Dora raised her eyebrows at Carly, and Carly shrugged. There was no point explaining. If they told Mrs Chisholm that they were not immigrants but were time-travellers from the twenty-first century, she’d think they had lost their minds.

The girls introduced themselves. The Irish girl’s name was Sophie. She told them that she was an orphan and that she hoped to find work as a servant. She was only sixteen. She didn’t know a single soul in the colony.

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