Explore "The Three Strings" by Natalie Sumner Lincoln on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
EVELYN never knew how she reached the front door, but as she dashed out into the vestibule she almost fell into the arms of a tall neatly dressed woman standing on the doorstep. For a breathless second she clung to the newcomer in silence.
"Matilda! " Only in moments of stress did Evelyn ever address her mother's housekeeper by her first name. "Thank God you are here!"