North Barrows, Cumbria—August 1815
North Barrows, Cumbria—August 1815Eurydice Goodenham stood with her hands folded before herself, watching as dirt struck the coffin.
Her grandmother, Octavia Hambley, Viscountess North Barrows, was dead. She had taken a chill in the spring and been unable to shake it. No matter which physician was summoned, the illness had persisted, lodging in her lungs with a tenacity that echoed the lady’s own. Four months they had battled, illness and dowager, and in the end, the illness had won.
Eurydice could not help but feel she had overlooked some detail that might have ensured her grandmother’s recovery. She had consulted every reference and made many suggestions, though none had helped. All said, she had done her best and more, but she was keenly aware that
