Book 39: "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters
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kittiwakeI said, 'Suppose the lady won't want me for her maid? Why should she want me?'
But he had thought of that. He had thought of everything. He said he meant to pass me off as his old nurse's sister's child-a city girl come on hard times. He said he though the lady would take me then, for his sake.
He said, 'We'll write you a character-sign it Lady Fanny of Bum Street, something like that-she won't know any better. She never saw Society doesn't know London from Jerusalem Who can she ask?'
Very little is what it seems in this book. I was aware of one of the twists before I started reading it but everything else came as a surprise.
But he had thought of that. He had thought of everything. He said he meant to pass me off as his old nurse's sister's child-a city girl come on hard times. He said he though the lady would take me then, for his sake.
He said, 'We'll write you a character-sign it Lady Fanny of Bum Street, something like that-she won't know any better. She never saw Society doesn't know London from Jerusalem Who can she ask?'
Very little is what it seems in this book. I was aware of one of the twists before I started reading it but everything else came as a surprise.
