“It must have been as painful for her to write as for me to read,” Lady
Mickleham went on. “And that is saying much. Be seated, pray.”
I bowed, and sat down in one of the straight-back chairs. I also began,
in my fright, to play with one of the pieces of embroidery.
“Is Lady Jane’s work in your way?” (Lady Jane is named after Jane, the
famous Countess, Lady-in-Waiting to Caroline of Anspach.)