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Chapters (57)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Chapter One
  4. Chapter Two
  5. Chapter Three
  6. Chapter Four
  7. Chapter Five
  8. Chapter Six
  9. Chapter Seven
  10. Chapter Eight
  11. Chapter Nine
  12. Chapter Ten
  13. Chapter Eleven
  14. Chapter Twelve
  15. Chapter Thirteen
  16. Chapter Fourteen
  17. Chapter Fifteen
  18. Chapter Sixteen
  19. Chapter Seventeen
  20. Chapter Eighteen
  21. Chapter Nineteen
  22. Chapter Twenty
  23. Chapter Twenty-One
  24. Chapter Twenty-Two
  25. Chapter Twenty-Three
  26. Chapter Twenty-Four
  27. Chapter Twenty-Five
  28. Chapter Twenty-Six
  29. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  30. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  31. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  32. Chapter Thirty
  33. Chapter Thirty-One
  34. Chapter Thirty-Two
  35. Chapter Thirty-Three
  36. Chapter Thirty-Four
  37. Chapter Thirty-Five
  38. Chapter Thirty-Six
  39. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  40. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  41. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  42. Chapter Forty
  43. Chapter Forty-One
  44. Chapter Forty-Two
  45. Chapter Forty-Three
  46. Chapter Forty-Four
  47. Acknowledgements
  48. About the Authors
  49. Also by Rosie Goodwin
  50. Welcome to the world of Rosie Goodwin!
  51. Letter from Author
  52. Meat and Potato Pie
  53. The Precious Stones series
  54. The Days of the Week Collection
  55. Mothering Sunday
  56. Victorian Tales from Memory Lane
  57. Memory Lane Club

‘Only if you can swear on your babies’ lives that you’ll keep your filthy hands to yourself,’ she spat eventually. ‘Cos as sure as eggs is eggs I’ll tell you now if you ever so much as try to touch me again I’ll shout it from the rooftops an’ sod what happens to me!’

He bowed his head. ‘You have my word as a gentleman, Miss Ainsley!’

‘Huh! Well, you’d have had to be a gentleman in the first place for that to mean owt,’ she retaliated and again he looked ashamed.

‘Then yes, I will swear on the babies’ lives that I will never force you to do anything you don’t wish to do,’ he said solemnly, and as much as she despised him, she felt that he was telling the truth. Perhaps his wife’s illness had finally brought him to his senses? And then she flushed with guilt as she thought back to their time together. In truth the blame for their affair didn’t lie entirely with him. She had worshipped the ground he walked on and lived for the times they were together. But then he had betrayed her when she had needed him the most and she knew that she could never forgive him for that.

‘All right . . . in that case we’ll give it a try,’ she told him, still not completely sure that she was doing the right thing. But, she asked herself, what other option did she have? She’d nearly worn her boots out over the last few days traipsing from door to door looking for work. And at least here at Greenacres she knew everyone, although what they would think of the master offering her such a prestigious position after her being the laundry maid there she couldn’t imagine. Still, she thought, that’s his problem to sort out. ‘So when do you want me to start?’ she asked.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Five

‘Ooh, I’m so pleased to see you?’ Nancy said happily when Amber arrived two days later carrying her small bundle of clothes. ‘I’ve loved lookin’ after the little ’uns but I prefer me job downstairs. It can get a bit lonely up here wi’ only the two babies to keep you company. Your room is through there, by the way. I’ve taken my things out an’ changed the bed for you.’ She pointed to a door leading off the main nursery.