Chapter Three
The hallway was empty, and no one was about. Elizabeth chewed her bottom lip, trying to decide whether it would be better remaining in her room and wait for someone to fetch her or look for the kitchen. As though answering her indecision, the door at the end of the hallway opened and James appeared, followed by a pyjama-clad Madeline. The little girl’s hair was dried into shining, golden strands of silk. Elizabeth noted with relief that her cheeks glowed with warmth and then how adorable she looked clutching a well-loved pink teddy bear to her chest.
When she saw Elizabeth, her little cherub’s face lit up. “Liz’beth!”
It was hard not to smile back. “Don’t you look pretty in your pink onesies!”
Madeline nodded. “My Daddy got them for me.”
Elizabeth looked up at James. His
