The Girl in the Picture

I turned the final sheet over hopefully, but there was nothing more so I tidied the pages and sat back, thinking.

My heart was full. It was clear now what had happened at Farthington House, how the fortunes of the family had declined, their lives blighted by Bird’s mistake, though really, Mr Fuller should be blamed for that, being an older married man who took advantage of an innocent sixteen-year-old.

But was it also John Rutherfurd’s fault for his tyrannical ways?

Or the fault of his own father, for impressing his ambitions on his son?