Broad Arrow by Caroline Leakey — Read

IN an elegant drawing-room, in one of the West End houses of London, sat Mrs. Norwell.

Now she arose and flitted about the room for some time as if in search of something--and then she resolutely nestled into a couch, determined to patiently await whatever it might be that she expected--her fairy fingers pretending to diligence over a dainty heap of muslin and lace.