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Chapter 61: Dillie's confession

The next morning a grim and angry looking Fred left the house for a visit to his new gallery, informing her he would be back by later in the day. Ellie made no reply, refusing even to look at him. As soon as she was sure he had gone, she sent for Mulhall and asked her to pack the children's luggage and her own and set the trunk ready in her room. Eleanor and the wet nurse were dispatched in a cab to the Winstone's. Ellie apologetically dismissed the governess for the present, saying that she was giving her a month's paid leave and that she might possibly return home at the end of October and let her know then whether her services would still be needed for Mary. Charlie was to go to school by then.

'However, if you find another position, please do not hesitate to take it,' she said, 'things are not very certain just now.'

Mulhall was to let Ellie know when Lord Dillinger's carriage arrived and have it loaded with the luggage.