CHAPTER ONE
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1868Rosina Clarendon was lying on her bed, reading a book, when there was a knock on her door.
“The Headmistress would like to see you, miss,” said the maid who carried messages throughout the school.
Rosina checked herself in the mirror to make sure she wasn’t untidy, but found her appearance neat enough to please even the eagle-eyed Miss Baxter.
She could not think why the Head had sent for her, but she had no fear of being in trouble. As the daughter of Sir Elroy Clarendon, the local Member of Parliament, she was a privileged person. She was given special treatment in many ways, including a bedroom to herself, some distance away from the dormitories where the other girls slept.
She tried never to take advantage of this favouritism, but she was not surprised when she
