Once they reached their landing, Stella told Nanny Lawson to go to her own room for a change. The nanny had been half-asleep for most of the afternoon, and with the added stress of being ordered to punish Emily, she looked as if she were about to pass out.
Margaret had not slept in her own room for ages, her priority was to be on hand should Emily have a nightmare. A responsibility she took extremely seriously.
“But what if Emily should wake up in the night and find no one there?” she asked, startled. “She cannot be all alone, not with everything else that has gone on lately.”
Stella looked down at her younger sister and sighed. She knew that not only could Nanny Lawson not bring herself to discipline little Emily herself, but she would also hate to have to stand by and watch such an ac
