Chapter ThreeThe sun was pouring in through the window of the schoolroom as Melita gave Rose-Marie her breakfast. There was a big bowl on the table containing many fruits she had not tasted before, including pawpaw.
She had discovered with joy when she woke up this morning that from her bedroom window she had the same breathtaking view that she had seen from the garden the previous evening.
The sea and the sky were azure blue and the green of the plantation was so vivid that she felt it could hardly be real.
When they had finished breakfast, Rose-Marie said apprehensively,
“Cousin Josephine said that we were going to do serious lessons this morning. Does that mean they will be very difficult?”
Melita had the idea that Madame Boisset was deliberately putting Rose-Marie against her.
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