chapter threeRealising that it would take Mr. Krissam a few days to obtain the passport for ‘Miss Wayne’, Crisa concentrated on thinking out what else she must do.
Everywhere she went, somebody went with her.
It was usually one of Silas’s daughters who suggested shopping because it was something she herself enjoyed more than anything else.
But even if Crisa wished to go for a walk, it was expected that she should be accompanied if not by one of the Vanderhaults who were always willing to go with her, then by her lady’s maid.
She had disliked her lady’s maid as soon as she had been engaged by Matilda to look after her.
She was a gaunt, middle-aged woman who Crisa was quite certain was in the pay of the Vanderhaults, so that everything she did or said was reported back to Matilda or Ann
