It was then arranged by Harriet in a tight bun at the back of her head with small and unbecoming plaits falling beside her cheeks to be looped up round the ear.
Sorilda said nothing, but she knew exactly what her step-aunt was about and was not at all certain what she could do about it.
It was only as she considered the whole situation that she began to realise how completely she was being excluded from meeting anyone or going anywhere and she could see her whole life being spent in The Castle with no possible means of escape.
When they entertained, Iris made excuses for Sorilda not to come down to dinner.
“We are a man short and I cannot find anyone to make up the right numbers,” she would say in front of the Duke, “so I know, dear child, you will understand and have dinner alone just
