Chapter SixAs the Morning Service proceeded in the little grey stone Church in Ollerton Park, Anita was aware that Lady Millicent was praying with an intensity that she had not expected of her.
They were sitting next to each other and Anita could feel her exuding tension almost like an aura.
Anita had always been sensitive to other people’s feelings and she wanted, if she could, to help Lady Millicent.
At the same time she had no wish to intrude upon her private feelings.
The Duke read the lessons in his deep voice and Anita thought that he not only made the Old Testament and the New sound poetical but also gave the words a meaning that Parsons often failed to do.
The service ended and because they were in the Ollerton pew, the congregation waited for them to leave first.
Then as Ani
