The little girl scooted to the edge of the bed and then turned onto her stomach so that she could slide to the floor.

Her papa was yelling at someone, and she wanted to see and hear what was happening. She had lived in the new house for over a month now and in all that time had never seen a visitor. He was yelling, and though his tone sounded harsh and unyielding, the fear immediately left the child. “Nanny?” the little girl repeated, tears in her whisper. She turned her gaze to the twin windows, but the eyes followed her, terrifying her by casting eerie shadows of giants and monsters against the windows, giving life to bare branches that scraped against the glass. She wouldn’t look at them, she determined. The dying embers in the fireplace glowed a brilliant orange in the darkness and resembled the eyes of demons and witches to the little four-year-old’s imagination. Nanny wasn’t where she was supposed to be. The child quickly squirmed back down under the feathered quilt, trembling with cold and fear. She looked across the room to the rocking chair adjacent to the hearth and saw that it was empty. “Nanny?” she whispered into the sudden silence. She sat up in bed and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. Oxford Picture Library/Corbis trees © Tony Stone Images POCKET and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster Inc.Ĭover photo credits: horse and carriage © Chris Andrews/ This book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.įor information address Pocket Books, 1230 Avenue 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020Īll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce POCKET BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc. Any resemblance of such nonhistorical incidents, places, or figures to actual events or locales or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents relating to nonhistorical figures are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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