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Chapter 2
"Ella's Exploration"
Ella's P.O.V.
After Mr. Destler had left the room I walked to the window. Outside I saw lush gardens and green yards. This place was so much different than my last home Hartford, Connecticut. Even through the colors of the English summer the home was cold and isolating. My home in Hartford was shared with my mother, father and sister. It was not small but no castle. My mother made every moment there wonderful. There were always fresh poppies on the table and she always seemed to be in the kitchen baking some pastry that filled the entire house with a sugary aroma
A knock at the door interrupted my thoughts. I opened the door to find a young man carrying my bag, followed by an older maid.
"Good afternoon miss, I've come to unpack your things. Aaron just set the bag on the bed." The maid said.
"No that's alright I can unpack myself. Thank you though."
"Don't be silly dear it's no trouble." The young man (who's name I had discovered to be Aaron) touched the women's arm.
"Now, now Mrs. Grant you know those Americans, always wanting to be difficult. Let us leave her to her strange ways." Aaron said looking at me with a twinkle in his eyes. I smiled at the man and the two left. Once the door was shut I began to unpack. I pulled out my other, more suitable, dress that I would wear to dinner. After I had put the gown over the dressing screen I put my under garments in a trunk. I put the picture of my mother and father on the nightstand. And finally I pilled out my mother's music box and set it on the table by a mirror.
'There,' I thought 'now the space looks like my own.' I smiled then decided to leave the room. Once in the hallway I determined to go up the stairs. As I walked I could hear a soft melody being played from above me. I looked around for another set of stairs, but failed to see some. I opened a series of door and went through, only to find another hallway. By this time I was picking entry randomly and soon I was quite lost. But I found myself in a den, a very untidy den. Papers were scattered everywhere, mixed with pens and inkbottles. In the corner was a very odd statue in the form of a Persian Monkey holding symbols. I went to investigate, but as I touched the embroidered jacket a voice boomed behind me.
"Are all Americans so nosey?" I turned quickly to find the same servant who had helped with my bags, Aaron.
"I got lost, I'm looking for my sister and Nurse."
"I can guarantee the monkey does not know." I smiled. "Come I know where you can find them." I nodded and replied,
"Thank you." As I followed him from the room I noticed a drawing of a young women. She had long, auburn, curly hair and brown eyes. "Who is that?" I asked.
Aaron turned to me and then to the drawing. "I do not know." He opened the door and walked from the room, motioning for me to follow him. I did so and he led me down various halls and through an assortment of entrances. Finally we arrived at the stairs I had started from. From there he took me through a hall lined with windows.
He opened the next-door for me and bowed.
"Good Day Miss."
"Good Day." I walked out the open door and quickly spotted Helen with Mary. They were picking flowers and walking down the winding, stone path. Helen noticed me and smiled.
"Hello Ella. Come, walk with us." I did as she asked and followed them. Mary handed me a bouquet of lilies and daffodils, a smile had spread from ear to ear on her normally gloomy face. I smiled and said,
"Thank you Mary." She turned and played with doll in the rose bushes. "This house is magnificent."
"Yes it's lovely, I wish I could say the same about the man who owned it." Helen said with a sly smile. I laughed and replied,
"Yes he is quite strange, especially that mask he wears. I wonder what is so hideous, that he must hid it."
"If it is that revolting that one must hid it, I think I would rather not know. But we should not talk about the man who has so graciously let us stay with him in his home." Helen said, rolling her eyes. I smiled and we continued walking down the path with Mary.
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