A Perilous Wager (THE WILLOWBROOK #5) by Laura Landon EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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1863
Village of Willowbrook
Magdalena Osbourne clutched her meager bundles to her chest and
rushed home with a smile lighting her face. Her baskets and bundles that
had held buns and loaves of bread earlier that morning were now empty.
This had turned out to be a very good day. She could almost forget how
tired she was. Almost.
“Is that you, Miss Lena?” Mattie, hired to watch over Lena’s sister
Esther, smiled as she came out into the kitchen to discover why Lena was
home so soon.
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Lena had left the house at daybreak to deliver the dinner rolls she’d
spent nearly the whole night baking. Usually Annie, who owned Annie’s
Restaurant, took some of them, and Lena would set up a stand on the corner
across from the Page Turner Bookshop to sell the rest. But this morning,
Annie had taken all Lena’s dinner rolls, with a promise that she’d take
another batch if Lena could get them delivered by midafternoon.
It seemed that a delegation from London, along with several local
investors, was to meet to discuss the creation of a railroad line extending
from London to Willowbrook and beyond. Annie was anticipating an
increase in business as long as the delegation was in Willowbrook.
“I have exciting news,” Lena said, getting out her bowls to begin a
second batch of bread. “Where is Esther?”
“I’m here,” Esther answered, coming around the corner. She wasn’t
dressed for the day, and still wore her robe and slippers. “I wasn’t expecting
you back already. What exciting news do you have?”
Lena began setting out the ingredients for another batch of dough and
shared her news about the possibility of a railroad going through
Willowbrook.
“I can’t believe such talk might finally become a reality,” Esther said
with more excitement than Lena had seen from her sister since their mother
passed away nearly a year ago. “Do you know what that means, Lena?
We’ll be able to go to London for supplies we can’t get here in
Willowbrook.”
“And what supplies would those be?” Lena teased. “There’s nothing we
need that we can’t get in Willowbrook.”
“There might be,” Esther answered. “We don’t even know what there is
in London. We’ve never been there.”
“And there’s every chance that we will never get there. We’ll both be
very old ladies by the time a railroad gets built.”
“I guess you’re right,” Esther said with a sigh.
Lena regretted her lack of excitement. Esther had so little to look
forward to in life, and this was one more dream Lena had thoughtlessly
wrenched from her grasp.
“Although it might get built much faster than I think. There are several
locals with an interest in having a connection with London.”
“Yes,” Esther said with a smile. “Anyone with a wife and daughters
who want the latest fashions in gowns.”
“No, silly. I was thinking about every farmer in the area with grain or
livestock to get to market.”
“You’re always so practical, Lena.”
“Well, one of us has to be,” Lena countered, then realized how sharp her
comment sounded.
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