Powyss

Powyss had had a stroke, and that he must go at once to Powyss Place.

A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860

Powyss place was a pleasant house, but enough was enough.

A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860

Half an hour more of rapid driving, and they are at Powyss

A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860

Since that dark, cold autumn morning when she had fled from Powyss Place she had never been seen or heard of.

A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860

The jailer had once been a servant in the Powyss family, and he pledged himself now to make Miss Inez as comfortable as was admissible under the circumstances.

A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860

Half an hour's rapid gallop had brought Edwards, the valet, to Powyss

A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860

A pretty little villa near Hesketh Crescent had been hired; four servants from Powyss

A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860

Meantime the long sunny hours, that passed so pleasantly for these plighted lovers, lagged drearily enough for one young lady at Powyss

A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860

It was about three in the afternoon when the fly from the railway drove up to the stately portico entrance of Powyss Place.

A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860

Powyss Place to the present, glossing over all that was dark, making the most of all that was bright.

A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860