The Ormond Girl
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MIREILLE PAVANE
Mireille Pavane cannot recall exactly when she began messing about with books and literature but since then (brainwashed at a young age by the French and Russian writers and E.M. Forster) it has remained an abiding love. Mireille continues to scribble away in secret when not otherwise distracted by a professional career or gardening duties in her alternate life. She also has an unhealthy curiosity and fondness for footnotes which she attempts to curtail from time to time. Mireille is a member of the international and local chapters of the Village Idiots’ Guild.
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The Ormond Girl - MIREILLE PAVANE
THE ORMOND GIRL
Mireille Pavane
Also by Mireille Pavane
Voyage Out series :
Voyage Out
The Grand Tour
The Stroke of Midnight
Standalone:
The Ormond Girl
The Lady of the Unicorn
Of Irises Blue
The Princess and the Gargoyle
Envy
The West Wing Chamber
Innocence
À la M urder: The Couturière’s Tale
Copyright Page
Copyright © 2020 Mireille Pavane
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Publisher’s note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, organizations, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
The Ormond Girl
‘ The ancient Greeks believed that humankind was once so perfect that the gods grew jealous and split each person into two, so that each would have to spend eternity searching for their other half.’
Neither the Ormond girl nor the earl’s reprobate son entertained such sentimental clap-trap. Miss Ormond was too sensible and Rochefort had far too many other pleasurable diversions to pursue. But when Rochefort tried to steal a kiss from the Ormond girl in a country lane, he set in motion a chain of events that tested even the will of the gods.
Dedication
To B. and J.,
who read the first draft and berated me for the ending. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I tried.
Epigraph
Two sturdy oaks I mean, which side by side,
Withstand the winter’s storm,
And spite of wind and tide,
Grow up the meadow’s pride,
For both are strong.
Above they barely touch, but undermined
Down to their deepest source,
Admiring you shall find
Their roots are intertwined
Insep’rably.
— Henry David Thoreau, ‘Friendship ’
Table of Contents
Title Page
Also by Mireille Pavane
Copyright Page
Synopsis
Dedication
Epigraph
Table of Contents
The Ormond Gir l
Thank You for Reading
About the Author
The Ormond Girl
I was looking through the jewellery box on Mother’s dressing table containing the more valuable of our family jewels which had been passed down the generations. I came upon a plain gold wedding ring amongst the pearls, gemstones, and other finely wrought ornaments and trinkets. I wondered at the presence of the wedding ring in the casket, at how it came to be there and the identity of its former owner. I tried to recall memories of Grandmother and was reminded of the story that she had once told me.
It had been a morose day, all wet and dismally grey. I had lingered long in Grandmother’s chamber in the chair by her bedside, keeping her company through her recurring illness which had worsened during the winter. The chamber had a diligently maintained fire in the hearth and offered a place of refuge to which I was