The Pretty Ones

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It seemed that nothing would ever upset the joys of marriage for Emma and her husband Barnaby, even though she knew little about the man she had met and married in a matter of weeks. Then the unpleasant rumors started - that Barnaby's first wife disappeared under sinister circumstances; that no one really knew what happened to the two pretty young governesses who simply ran off without cause or explanation. Emma trusted Barnaby; there were no questions she could or would ask him. But when a pathetic, lonely grave turned up in the field, her loyalty to her brood-ing, secretive husband gave way to cold, hard fear ...