The Bluebell Pool

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Ol() leami formed pale drifUt of colour round the rootd of the treej which grew cloje to the water'd edge. They hid the Junction of land and water, jo that, coming juddenly upon the pool, Nancy abmvt lodt her footing. She felt a chill of fear, for the surface of the water waj dark; ,)he could not gauge ltd depth nor aee into the reflectivnd of the treed, which spread their black fingerj a^ if to draw her to them. But it wad beautiful.
As a child Nancy Gillimore was always greedy for tales of adventure, so when she spots the advertisement in The Timed for a secretary to gentleman explorer Aubrey Farringdon, she has no hesitation in applying. Despite his reservations, Aubrey employs her, little suspectmg the changes it will make to his life. Aubrey knows he made a monumental mistake in his first marriage, but when he falls in love with Nancy he believes that this time it will surely work. For, though young and inexperienced, and not of his class, Nancy is intelligent, honest,... Tovább

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Ol() leami formed pale drifUt of colour round the rootd of the treej which grew cloje to the water'd edge. They hid the Junction of land and water, jo that, coming juddenly upon the pool, Nancy abmvt lodt her footing. She felt a chill of fear, for the surface of the water waj dark; ,)he could not gauge ltd depth nor aee into the reflectivnd of the treed, which spread their black fingerj a^ if to draw her to them. But it wad beautiful.
As a child Nancy Gillimore was always greedy for tales of adventure, so when she spots the advertisement in The Timed for a secretary to gentleman explorer Aubrey Farringdon, she has no hesitation in applying. Despite his reservations, Aubrey employs her, little suspectmg the changes it will make to his life. Aubrey knows he made a monumental mistake in his first marriage, but when he falls in love with Nancy he believes that this time it will surely work. For, though young and inexperienced, and not of his class, Nancy is intelligent, honest, and obviously adores him, and under his tuition will quickly learn the ways of society.
All is well until Aubrey decides to leave London and return to Midwinter, his home in Dorset, which is ruled with a chilling authority by Aubrey's mother. Thrown into conflict with Mrs Farringdon and Aubrey's teenage children, Nancy is drawn to the stillness and secrecy of the bluebell pool - even when she discovers that this was where Aubrey's first wife Augusta was discovered with a lover. Nancy becomes increasingly obsessed by Augusta and her stoiy -and through the pages of Augusta's diaiy and Nancy's encounters with the enigmatic gamekeeper Powers, a disturbing and destructive story of lust and betrayal unfolds. Vissza