Unlaid Ghosts【電子書籍】[ Ally Hastings ]

＜ol start="1817"＞ ＜li＞An officer on half-pay, a landowner’s ward, and six weeks in the country.＜/li＞ ＜/ol＞ ＜p＞The war has been over for two years, and Captain Charles Keighley is living in other people’s houses, trying not to show that he still wakes every morning feeling like he is under siege. He used to be good at looking after his soldiers when they were in danger, but Chas has no idea how to look after himself in peacetime. Having accepted an invitation to stay at Welland Park, Mr John Haxby’s estate, he simply drifts through the days, taking long walks to avoid having to be sociable. The only people there able to rouse him from his depression are Eliza, Mrs Haxby companion, and Jeremy Painswick, Haxby’s ward. But Eliza has an ulterior motive for wanting him at Welland Park, and Painswick is obviously wary of him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Since he arrived ten years ago as an orphan, Jem has been at odds with John Haxby. Now old Mr Haxby has died and John himself has become his guardian, and there i．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る