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IN LIFE, ELIZABETH ADORA HOLLAND WAS KNOWN not only for…
“THEY HAVE ALL BEEN ASKING FOR YOU,” LOUISA Holland told…
DIANA HOLLAND SAW HER MOTHER ASCEND THE twisting marble staircase…
“LITTLE BO PEEP. THAT'S TOO PERFECT FOR LIZ,” Penelope Hayes…
HENRY SCHOONMAKER PRETENDED TO STUDY THE piece of paper for…
LINA BROUD REARRANGED HER ELBOWS ON THE SILL and stared…
ELIZABETH, WRAPPED IN THE WHITE SILK KIMONO her father had…
“THE PAPERS WERE JUST FANTASTIC,” ISAAC PHILLIPS Buck put in…
SUNDAY WAS ELIZABETH HOLLAND’S SORT OF DAY, which was one…
ELIZABETH TRIED TO STOP HERSELF FROM PLAYING with the engraved…
THE HOUSE HAD GROWN SILENT. THERE SEEMED TO be nothing…
DIANA DID NOT TAKE THE HAT OFF UNTIL SEVERAL hours…
THERE WAS A STRANGE AND SUBDUED MOOD HANGING over the…
IT WAS WELL PAST TWO, AND EVERY CORNER OF THE…
PENELOPE HAYES SMILED TIGHTLY AT THE LITTLE English maid who…
HENRY’S ONE CONSOLATION WAS THAT ETIQUETTE was very clear…
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?”
ELIZABETH HAD MANAGED NOT TO LEAVE HER ROOM all morning…
“WAIT!” DIANA YELLED AS SHE DARTED OVER RED-AND-WHITE gingham tablecloths…
ELIZABETH HEARD THE PEALING LAUGHTER OF HER younger sister and…
PENELOPE HAYES GRIPPED HER BOSTON TERRIER, Robber, as she read…
“COME ON, RINGMASTER!” CRIED TEDDY CUTTING, shaking his fist in…
DIANA WAS ALMOST DOZING OFF IN THE STUFFY private room…
LINA HOVERED IN THE FOYER OF THE HOLLAND house, hoping…
“SO TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT?”
SITTING IN THE BALLROOM OF THE WALDORF-ASTORIA hotel felt…
PENELOPE HAD DONE IT DOZENS OF TIMES BEFORE. She pulled…
ELIZABETH HAD LEFT HER PATIENCE SOMEWHERE in the riotous streets…
LINA FOUND THE NOTE IN THE TOP DRAWER OF WILL’S…
THE FIREWORKS WERE STILL ECHOING OFF THE brick façades of…
HENRY WAS AWAKENED BY THE ROUGH SWATTING of a broadsheet…
TWO DAYS OF PARADES AND PARTIES HAD DEPLETED New York,…
THE RESENTMENT AND RAGE THAT LINA FELT FOR her mistress…
DIANA WATCHED AS HER AUNT EDITH TURNED down the hall…
AS SHE ALWAYS DID ON ANY REALLY IMPORTANT day, Penelope…
THE AFTERNOON OF HER FIRST FULL DAY OF FREEDOM, Lina…
ELIZABETH WOKE EARLY ON TUESDAY AND COULD not fall back…
WHEN LINA WOKE, SHE FOUND HERSELF IN A COLD sweat.
“THE GREATEST WEDDING OF THE NINETEENTH century,’” Penelope spat as…
“SO IT WAS NINE AT NIGHT!” DIANA EXCLAIMED AS Henry…
THAT NIGHT ELIZABETH DREAMED SHE WAS IN a faraway part…
“WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?” DIANA SAID, GLOWING with joy as…
IT WAS NINE THIRTY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND Elizabeth found…
DIANA HAD BEEN STANDING STILL IN HER ROOM for well…
ON THURSDAY MORNING, LINA ROUSED HERSELF AND chose a dark-colored…
“IT IS SHOCKING, UNCONSCIONABLY SHOCKING, THAT there is no sign…
DIANA HOLLAND HELD STILL AS CLAIRE CAREFULLY brushed and separated…