By Anna Maclean
Lengthy prior to she's going to in achieving popularity because the writer of Little girls, Louisa might Alcott is writing tales of a extra darkish and mysterious nature. yet not anything prepares her for the position of novice detective she assumes whilst the physique of her expensive pal, filthy rich newlywed Dorothy Wortham, is located floating in Boston's harbor. it really is popular that Dorothy's kinfolk did not approve of her husband, a proven fortune hunter, yet Louisa suspects that a few deeper mystery lies in the back of her friend's tragic murder...
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For the money? Dear brother-in-law, are you talking about the racing season already? ” Preston Wortham threw open the parlor doors just in time to hear Edgar’s final words, not the first. “There’s a certain filly I wouldn’t bet on,” Edgar said darkly. “Well, you must tell me more when the ladies aren’t present. ” Preston Wortham was a tall man of powerful build; when he entered a room it felt as if all the furnishings were suddenly tilting in his direction. He sighed, a staged sigh that would read, in the play directions, as The contented patriarch greets his womenfolk.
Tea was for tomorrow. ” A scowl appeared on Dot’s pale brow. “No, sweetest, the invitations were for this afternoon. . ” “Tomorrow . ” Dot insisted, and the five guests politely studied the carpet and cleared their throats, for their tones of voice had indicated a quarrel was in the making. “Today,” Mr. Wortham insisted, determined to have the last word. ” Digby offered. “Tea,” Dot agreed. “A fresh pot, Digby. I’m chilled to the bone. ” Miss Alfreda frowned at this flippancy and I imagined her thinking, Was this how Europe affected young women of breeding?
Or perhaps her music lesson. ” When the chicken was in the stewing pot and our own vegetable potage put on to simmer, I folded last night’s mending into a basket and put my hat and coat back on. It would be dark soon, and too cold and windy for walking, but there was one last errand of the day. The Home, as the people of Boston referred to it, was a ramshackle house on Charles Street, once empty and unfit for living and now filled with a dozen girls and women, all in various stages of pregnancy and with nowhere else to go.