by Nunn, Kayte
Rachel nodded. ‘Of course. That won’t be a problem at all.’
‘As I mentioned when we last spoke, there’s a cottage: two-up two-down.’ He caught her puzzled look. ‘Two rooms upstairs, and two downstairs,’ he explained.
‘It sounds more salubrious than my last accommodation,’ she reassured him, thinking of the one-room thatched-roof bungalow that she had shared with an ever-changing insect population.
‘Jolly good then. I think that about covers it. Did you have any questions?’
She shook her head.
‘Well, then good luck and I expect you’ll be in touch if anything does come up. Nice T-shirt by the way.’
Rachel smiled again. After her meeting, her next pressing task was to kit herself out with a new wardrobe suitable for the northern hemisphere winter.
He stood up and Rachel did the same, shaking hands once more before stowing the folders in her daypack and retracing her path to the entrance. She needed to find an outdoor gear store for waterproofs, hiking boots and thermal layers. A cold wind bit through the thin cotton of her top and she wrapped her arms around herself and shivered as she hurried in the direction of the nearest Tube station.
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Published in Australia and New Zealand in 2020
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Copyright © Kayte Nunn 2020
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Praise for The Silk House
Also by Kayte Nunn
Contents
Dedication
Chapter One: Now
Chapter Two: September 1768, Oxleigh
Chapter Three: Now
Chapter Four: September 1768, Oxleigh
Chapter Five: 1768, London
Chapter Six: Now
Chapter Seven: Now
Chapter Eight: September 1768, Oxleigh
Chapter Nine: Now
Chapter Ten: December 1768, London
Chapter Eleven: December 1768, Oxleigh
Chapter Twelve: December 1768, London
Chapter Thirteen: December 1768, Oxleigh
Chapter Fourteen: Now
Chapter Fifteen: January 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Sixteen: Now
Chapter Seventeen: Now
Chapter Eighteen: Now
Chapter Nineteen: February 1769, London
Chapter Twenty: March 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Twenty-One: Now
Chapter Twenty-Two: Now
Chapter Twenty-Three: March 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Twenty-Four: Now
Chapter Twenty-Five: Now
Chapter Twenty-Six: Now
Chapter Twenty-Seven: April 1769, London
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Now
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Now
Chapter Thirty: May 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Thirty-One: May 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Thirty-Two: Now
Chapter Thirty-Three: July 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Thirty-Four: Now
Chapter Thirty-Five: July 1769, London
Chapter Thirty-Six: Now
Chapter Thirty-Seven: July 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Thirty-Eight: July 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Thirty-Nine: July 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Forty: July 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Forty-One: July 1769, Oxleigh
Chapter Forty-Two: Now
Chapter Forty-Three: July 1790, Oxleigh
Chapter Forty-Four: Now
Chapter Forty-Five: Now
Chapter Forty-Six: Now
Acknowledgments
Extract from The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant
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