Yew Tree Gardens by Anna Jacobs

Author:Anna Jacobs [Jacobs, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780749040611
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 2012-07-14T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Over the next few days the newspapers continued to publish the latest information and it was even worse than anyone had expected. Renie was shocked to learn that about fifteen hundred people had died, an unthinkable number, and only seven hundred or so had been rescued.

She kept her eyes open and at last found a crumpled newspaper, left by a guest, which gave a list of passengers who had survived, stopping with a gasp at the name: Elizabeth Rycroft, aged 6 years. That poor little child! What must she have gone through?

She continued down the list, but no other Rycrofts were mentioned. Her heart sank. Surely the rest of the young family hadn’t been lost?

Next she scanned the names of those definitely killed and found the surname she was looking for at once: Robert Rycroft, 36, of London; Harriet Rycroft, 29, wife of Robert; Jennifer Rycroft, 3, daughter of Robert and Harriet.

Oh, that poor family! How must they be feeling? She knew how bad she’d felt when she heard about Nell’s tragedy and little Sarah’s death. Agonised was the first word that sprang to mind. And another word she’d read in books: bereft. She’d had to look it up in a dictionary to find what it meant and wasn’t even sure how to pronounce it.

She bent her head to say a prayer for all the people who’d lost loved ones in the disaster, and made a special mention of the Rycrofts. It was all she could think to do. She didn’t know anything about the family, except that Gil Rycroft was a kind young man, but they must be devastated by losing three members of the family at once. Anyone would.

This reminded her of how she’d lost touch with her sister Mattie. That still upset her, but it wasn’t likely that Mattie was dead. Her sister had always been very healthy. Renie had that comfort at least. She still had hope.

One day, surely, they’d all three be reunited.

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