She was under the doctor’s orders to do as little as possible and above all she had to stay in bed. Georgina moved from one patient to the other and she found them both difficult to talk to or entertain. Her mother died unexpectedly one night and was found in the morning by her lady’s maid. But her father was not well enough to arrange the funeral or to invite the relations. Because she was so well trained, Georgina found no difficulty in compiling a list of the relatives who should be informed of her mother’s death. She ordered the coffin as well as arranging the burial ceremony that was to take place in the grounds. Because it was the middle of winter and because few of the Earl’s relatives had seen the Countess for a long time, not many took the long journey to The Castle. The Cou