
Chapters
1. A Funeral at Hembry
2. The Daily Observer
3. Downstairs at Hembry Castle
4. Upstairs at Hembry Castle
5. The 9th Earl of Staton
6. The American Girl
7. The Ways of Hembry Castle
8. Paying Calls
9. Shorthand
10. Miss Chattaway
11. Staton House
12. Dinner at Hembry Castle
13. Horrocks
14. Ready for the Queen
15. The Kiss
16. The Unhappy Earl
17. Christmas at Hembry Castle
18. A Servant’s Christmas
19. The Presentation, or A Grandmother's Dream
20. Downstairs at Staton House
21. The Ball
22. An Unwelcome Surprise
23. A Farewell
24. Lady Daphne Meriwether
25. A Previous Engagement
26. Meanwhile, Downstairs at Hembry Castle
27. In the Paradise
28. The Intruder
29. A Plan is Hatched
30. The Missing Child
31. The End
32. Author’s Notes
33. About the Author
34. Also by Meredith Allard

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The End
The End
T
he shadows were about in Hembry again. Footsteps on the curving stairs, whispers in the halls, movements in the breeze. Daphne couldn’t sleep that early spring night in April, and instead of being frightened by the sounds she took comfort from them, know...