The Girl in the Gatehouse by Julie Klassen

Author:Julie Klassen [Klassen, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Christian Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2010-11-26T20:00:00+00:00

Mariah realized she was probably reading about her uncle Norris, her mother’s brother.

Perusing her aunt’s journal reminded Mariah of the new novel she had begun. Eager to return to it, she went into her room and retrieved the few scribbled pages. She reread what she had written so far and then sat back down to continue The Tale of Lydia Sorrow.

Lydia grasped the door between them like a shield, both thankful for it and wishing it away in the same thought.

“Lydia . . . You are beautiful,” he breathed.

Her lips parted to say . . . something. But the words were forgotten before they could fully form, so struck was she by the revelation in his eyes. The deep awe and unexpected . . . Was it loss? Longing?

“Thunder and turf, Lydia, you will kill me yet.”

“Shh. If Miss Duckworth should hear or anyone see you . . .”

“Then let me in. For I am not going away. Not yet. Not until I can speak my heart. I must, Lydia. I must.”

She hesitated. “Very well. But only for a moment. And keep your voice down, I beg of you.”

The sweet, heady delight Lydia had felt upon seeing him earlier in the hall, and at the anticipation of being alone with him in the garden, perchance, or dim library, now lurched into something else.

Fear.

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