Chapter TwoAs the Steamship moved out of Southampton Harbour and joined the English Channel, Kelda had gripped her fingers together tightly to make sure that she was not dreaming.
She could hardly believe it was possible that for the moment at any rate she was leaving behind the misery she had felt at the Seminary and in England itself where for the last eight years she had been consistently unhappy to the point of despair.
Now like the wave of a magic wand everything was changed.
At least for two whole months she would be free of Mrs. Gladwin’s fault-finding and of continually being reminded that she was nothing but a ‘charity child’.
It had been a thrill for her, although not for Yvette, that she was on board a ship.
Because Lord Orsett was obviously very rich and influential, they
