![]() ![]() Through a series of events, when the gentlemen receive Billy’s letter, they do not realize that she is female, and have no real idea how old she is. ![]() Bertram is an artist famous for painting portraits of young women – ‘The Face of a Girl’. William, since the death of his wife and infant son, focuses on collecting things. Cyril is a monk-like man devoted to his music (specifically piano). William, a widower, lives in a rambling house with his bachelor brothers, Cyril and Bertram. At age 18, it seemed to me like she should have been able to find a companion and live quietly until her majority at 21 (keeping in mind that these books were published in the early 1900’s), but instead Billy writes to a man she’s never met – a good friend of her father’s, for whom she was named. ![]() The story opens with Billy’s aunt dying, leaving her alone in the world. The Aroma of Books //Rants//Raves//Reviews// Pargeter, Edith (also writing as Ellis Peters).Mertz, Barbara (also writing as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels).Christie, Agatha (also writing as Mary Westmacott).Children’s History: Landmark, Signature Biographies, and We Were There.#BookSpin & #BookSpinBingo (Litsy Challenge). ![]()
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