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Chapter One

Dunnam Park, Sussex, October 1820

“Calripped the girl by the upper arotten she needed to close her in again”

Lydia drew Ada farther into the hall, away fro room door Arabella would have her ear pressed to the wood, listening for snippets of infor malicious

“Is it aboutto ferret out the facts “Did you hang it too close to the fire again?”

Lydia welco With any luck, the dress was ruined beyond repair

“N-no, miss”

“Then what has you shaking like the farmer’s rickety old cart?” She’d never seen the maid so terrified

Ada sucked in a breath, nodded and blinked repeatedly “S-Seth … he went to Cuckfield” She paused and sniffed “Seth went to Cuckfield”

“Yes, we knohere Seth went” Lydia tried to rely more difficult by the minute “And we knohy he went there”

“He went to get supplies fro “That’s when … oh, Lord That’s when he saw him, miss”

“Saho herself

The maid’s body shook She squeezed her eyes shut until they were as thin as her drawn lips “He saw the … the devil, miss, that’s who”