Behind the Mask (House of Lords)
“Lily had already gone off to bed when she had slipped into her chambers at last, and Eleanor had no illusions that her maid did not guess where her mistress had been. And yet when Lily arrived at last with her breakfast on a tray, she said nothing about Eleanor’s late night, and nor did she ask any questions. Lily had been with Eleanor since she was sixteen, and was one of only three people in the world who knew what had happened that summer. But unlike Toby, Lily had never abandoned Eleanor, h...ad never passed any judgment on her behavior. They were of an age, Eleanor and her maid. They had been born the same year, Eleanor at the great house and Lily in Porter-on-Bolling. They had even known each other when they were girls, though Lily had always been shy and quiet, and it had been quite a surprise to find her working as an upstairs maid at the house when Eleanor had returned from the Moreton School. They had been together ever since, and Eleanor knew that Lily was unfailingly loyal. She had never asked the woman to lie for her, and yet Lily had kept her secret all these years, had hardly ever spoken a word about what had happened except to explain, her face turning a brilliant shade of scarlet, how Eleanor would know for certain there would be no evidence of her disgrace.MoreLess
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