The Young Governess
“When an hour and a half later, Jenks reported to her that Miss Eleanor was still waiting in the schoolroom for Miss Spencer to appear, Lady Fordham’s smile broadened. She asked him to fetch her husband.
A slumbering Kate was shaken awake by Mrs Beveridge and told to dress quickly as the Master and the Mistress were waiting for her in the drawing room.
Kate hurriedly dressed and, only half-awake, ran downstairs to meet her employers. This time, it was Sir Bradley Fordham who spoke to her first, ...and his voice was angry.
“Tell me Kate, how much do we pay you a week?”
“Sir Bradley, I’m most apologetic for my tardiness… it’s just that with the Follower’s ceremony of last night, I…”
The baronet cut her short.
“I’m not interested in what you get up to at night, young Miss, I would like you to remind me of what salary we agreed to pay you.”
“Th-thirty-five shillings a week, Sir. Just over ninety pounds a year.”
“With full bed and board, moreover. Do you not sit at our table and do we not treat you as a member of our family?”MoreLess
A slumbering Kate was shaken awake by Mrs Beveridge and told to dress quickly as the Master and the Mistress were waiting for her in the drawing room.
Kate hurriedly dressed and, only half-awake, ran downstairs to meet her employers. This time, it was Sir Bradley Fordham who spoke to her first, ...and his voice was angry.
“Tell me Kate, how much do we pay you a week?”
“Sir Bradley, I’m most apologetic for my tardiness… it’s just that with the Follower’s ceremony of last night, I…”
The baronet cut her short.
“I’m not interested in what you get up to at night, young Miss, I would like you to remind me of what salary we agreed to pay you.”
“Th-thirty-five shillings a week, Sir. Just over ninety pounds a year.”
“With full bed and board, moreover. Do you not sit at our table and do we not treat you as a member of our family?”MoreLess
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