Wakestone Hall chapter sampler

around underfoot, picking up bits of broken plate and scattered onions. ‘I’m sorry!’ whispered Stella. She climbed up the shelves and felt along the top for the cat. ‘Puss, puss,’ she crooned. He hissed at her again and darted away along the shelf, dragging the sausages. Another tin fell down with a clang. ‘ Shhh . Someone’s coming,’ whispered Agapanthus. Stella gasped. Ottilie gave a little shriek. There was no time to escape. Agapanthus tried to pull the larder door shut, but it would not close properly. Voices and clumping footsteps were approaching. ‘Quick!’ whispered Stella. They scrambled to the back of the larder and crouched there together, behind a big sack of potatoes. Candlelight gleamed around the edges of the larder door. They were trapped.

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