My heart sank within me. “You don’t mean an accident?” I said faintly.
“No, no—thank God, no accident. But my lady ran up-stairs to her own room in tears, and Sir Percival has ordered me to give Fanny warning to leave in an hour’s time.”
Fanny was Laura’s maid—a good affectionate girl who had been with her for years—the only person in the house whose fidelity and devotion we could both depend upon.
“Where is Fanny?” I inquired.
My heart sank within me. “You don’t mean an accident?” I said faintly.
“No, no—thank God, no accident. But my lady ran up-stairs to her own room in tears, and Sir Percival has ordered me to give Fanny warning to leave in an hour’s time.”
Fanny was Laura’s maid—a good affectionate girl who had been with her for years—the only person in the house whose fidelity and devotion we could both depend upon.
“Where is Fanny?” I inquired.
