Wakestone Hall chapter sampler

Three T he footsteps came closer and the larder door was flung open. Miss McCragg stood in the doorway. She held a candle in one hand and brandished her stick in the other. Two nervous-looking maids peered around from behind her. At the back of the larder, behind the sack of potatoes, Stella felt Agapanthus flinch. Ottilie was shaking. ‘Who’s hiding in there?’ Miss McCragg waved her stick above her head. ‘Come out at once!’ She advanced into the larder. Stella felt for Ottilie’s hand in the darkness and gripped it tightly. If Miss McCragg took one more step, she would see them. At that moment, Miss McCragg stepped on an onion. She screeched and waved her arms around,

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