![]() ![]() The lady of the house died under mysterious circumstances not long since, and from the first Martha is haunted by Alice's supernatural presence in the house. There she meets her unruly charge Alvean, the halfwitted illegitimate child Gillyflower, and the gauntly handsome master Connan TreMellyn. The story is told in her voice and opens with her journey to her first post at Mount Mellyn in Cornwall. Who is this Holt lady, anyways? And why were her books so popular? I enlisted the aid of a Holt fan for a good title to start with, and eventually got my hands on what is apparently considered an important modern contribution to the genre: Mistress of Mellyn.Martha Leigh is a gentlewoman who must earn her living as a governess. After awhile I get curious out of sheer exposure to an author's name. ![]() She seems to pop up at every library booksale, and always with a large number of titles. ![]()
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