CHAPTER THREE-1

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CHAPTER THREEQuite suddenly there was a loud knock on the door that made Calina jump. However, she walked towards it and opened it to find the Squire outside. She then invited him in and they sat down in the small sitting room. “I have only just returned,” he said, “and I am so sorry that I could not be here for your mother’s funeral. It must have been a terrible shock to you.” “It was,” Calina replied. “But I think perhaps she is happy now as she is with Papa.” “That is a very sensible of you, Calina, and you have always been a very wise girl where your parents are concerned.” He smiled as he continued, “I miss your father and it is very difficult to fill his position. The man I went to see in Yorkshire, which meant that I could not be at your mother’s funeral, was hopeless, com

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