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Ever since her mother died, Martha Mary had had to take over the running of her home, a sprawling mansion called The Habitation. But more and more she found herself nursing her aunt who was prone to fits and playing mother to her sisters, with no tasks too demeaning for her, as the bills mounted and there was no money to pay for supplies. She did everything she could to make ends meet but always managed to ensure her father was looked after well and had a good table laid when he came home. Her sisters and their loyal servants, Peg and Dilly, were often cold and lived sparsely. She could not understand why they were in such financial straits especially as when her mother was alive, they had several profitable businesses and even after she died, one of them had been sold well. She hoped that her fathers frequent visits to Great-Uncle James would finally come good when he died and they could sell his house to alleviate their great need of money. But when her father died suddenly, his last words to her were to go to Great-Uncle James house and deliver a message but never to disclose to anyone especially to his only son, Roland, who was away boarding at a private school, what she was to

Author

Catherine Cookson (Catherine Marchant)

Publisher

Peach Publishing

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781780360683

Rating

4.05 / 5 (39 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14