Mary Burchell

Katherine stond even stil boven aan de brede trappen, die naar de begane grond van Bremmison leidden. Wat ze daar zag, bleef haar altijd boeien — misschien het meest op dit ogenblik van de dag: juist vôôrdat de deuren van het beroemde waren- huis voor het publiek geopend werden. Dit was...

CHAPTER ONE Susan Laverhope paused in the doorway, surveying the scene before her. In all her thirteen years she had never had the pleasure of making such a sensational announcement as the one which now trembled on her lips, and she intended to enjoy the moment to the full. She looked at...

CHAPTER ONE It was raining, but she was not aware of it. People passed her, but she did not see them. For, as she climbed the steep hill to the small house at the top where she lived, Anthea Benton walked in a world of her own. There had been nothing to tell her that this day would not be like...

CHAPTER I Mrs Enderby Elmes regarded Patricia with vagae, pale blue eyes and slowly shook her head. ' No. I'm afraid, in those circumstances, you would not do at all. 1 don't know how I came to confuse you in my mind with Miss Browne—think it must have been Miss Browne. My memory is so...