I don't want you here. Anne was clutching Charlotte; he knew from their expressions they had seen everything. All that was left was frigid emptiness. I mean, there is some reaction between the human mind and a certain place.
I wish I had half her spirit, Charlotte thought as Edward swung the car off the drive and on to the narrow farm track that led to the manor house. He unnerved me a great deal. An irrational dread of the unknown, of revealing any part of herself to outsiders. A mixture of panic and longing pushed up under her breastbone.
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