Chapter 20
WHEN THE MIDDAY MEAL was cleared away and preparations for dinner done, there would normally be time to rest. Nellie often had a nap, did her laundry or sat in the kitchen talking. Today, she was too busy for that.
She heated the juniper berry concoction and told Maartje to deliver it to Lord Verdonck’s room, with the warning not to go inside and come back immediately.
Maartje was a good girl, so she did as Nellie said.
Did they ask questions, Nellie wanted to know, and Maartje said they didn’t. “I gave the tray to the man at the door and he said thank you. That was all.”
Good girl.
This meant Nellie had time to go to church. It was too early for the service, but she hoped to visit Shepherd Adrianus and give him the box.
She also realised that one reason she felt so angry
