First sentence: Hen Miss Fox-Seton descended from the twopenny bus as it drew up, she gathered her trim tailor-maid skirt about her with neatness and decorum, being well used to getting in and out of twopenny buses and to making her way across muddy London streets.

This was an interesting story. The author wrote [b:The Secret Garden|2998|The Secret Garden|Frances Hodgson Burnett|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327873635s/2998.jpg|3186437], so I expected this story-line to be a bit more light-hearted. It had some quite dark places. I just knew the end had to be a happy one, which it was yet it still kept me guessing right up to the last few pages just exactly how this would all come to an end.