Moorcroft - the Possession: Book One of the Moorcroft Trilogy Read Online Free PDF Page A

for her in the hopes that she would settle. Sarah soon came to realise that Moorcroft was haunted, but who could she confide in, if she mentioned it to anyone they would think she was insane and lock her up, the best thing she could do was to avoid being in the same room as the woman who tormented her, pretend that she hadn’t seen her then perhaps she would go away. John was a generous and caring man and during their first Christmas at Moorcroft he held a big party in one of the barns, just for his staff and tenants. There was plenty of good food, and drink, music and dancing and presents for all the children. Charlotte sat in the background laughing and clapping her hands listening to the music and the laughter, happy to have people around her again.
     
    Charlotte felt that she and the house were alive again and would busy herself listening to the young maids chatter as they made the beds and laid the fires. She often watched the cook and her girls as they pottered around the kitchen making delicious looking meals and she laughed at the pompous Mr Howard as he ordered the servants about. When the house settled in the evening she tried to make friends with the young girl Sarah, but she would run away whenever she had approached her, but she delighted in Richard as she watched the pranks he and his friends got up to, he was such a mischievous boy but seemed unaware of her presence.
    As Richard got older he remained over active, full of surplus energy. Although his grades were good his teachers felt that with more discipline they could be excellent, he became disruptive in class and was constantly in trouble at school so John decided that he should be sent to boarding school. Emily wasn’t too pleased but John insisted it would make a man of him. After a tearful farewell the household settled back into normality. Charlotte missed him terribly; she had watched him grow up and admired his character and spirit, now she would be left with the girl who was sulky and timid. Sarah also missed her brother and hated being left alone anywhere in the house and spent more and more of her time in the company of Mary and Mrs Shaw, this worried Emily, so after talking it over with her husband she took her daughter into town to buy a pet. It was love at first sight the minute Sarah saw the wagging tail and looked into the droopy eyes, and a generous kiss sealed the deal, Sarah now had a Springer Spaniel puppy all of her own. They became inseparable, the puppy would follow her everywhere and after school and at weekends Sarah would take him on long walks through the woods and fields. The puppy was allowed to sleep on her bed and Sarah would smile when she heard a low growl, knowing that the ghost was in the room but having Brandy by her side made her feel safe. Emily relaxed once more, Sarah was getting more colour in her cheeks and Richard wrote every week and seemed to be more settled. Now she decided she needed a distraction herself and thought it would be a good idea for herself and Sarah to take up a hobby and they both enrolled for art classes at the local night school. Sarah loved it at first and found she was quite good at it, but it was mostly attended by people of her mother’s age group, she wanted to mix with younger people, she longed for company her own age. On their way out of the college one evening, she noticed that a class was starting for shorthand and typing, she knew that when she left school she wanted to do something interesting but her grades were not as good as Richards and there were not so many opportunities for girls, this class might just be the answer.. She made enquiries and found that there were still a few places left and enrolled. On the first evening Sarah stood by the door looking in, everyone seemed to know someone else and she wondered if she had made the right decision to enrol. As she hesitated by the door fear of the unknown gripped her, she was about to turn and head off home when a girl stopped