Chapter FourThere was a knock on the door and Sorilda turned from the mirror where she was looking at her reflection.
“Who is it?”
“It’s Harriet, Miss Sorilda. Her Grace told me to arrange your hair and help you into your dress.”
“I can manage quite well on my own, thank you, Harriet.”
“But Her Grace – ” the maid began to expostulate.
Then her voice stopped and she was obviously returning to her Mistress to report that Sorilda would not let her enter the bedroom.
Sorilda’s lips curled in a little smile because she knew how angry her step-aunt would be. Then she saw a look of apprehension in her green eyes reflected in the mirror and lifted her chin proudly.
She need not be afraid, she was leaving The Castle and her step-aunt and there was no reason for her to be frightened and subse
