
My thanks to his sons, Andro and Magnus, for their kind permission to use it.’Ĭopyright © 1995 Robin Pilcher, Fiona Pilcher, Mark PilcherĪnd the Trustees of Rosamunde Pilcher's 1988 trustįirst published in Great Britain in 1995 by Hodder & Stoughton ‘The letter on page 526–27 is largely based on a real one in The Highland Division, by Eric Linklater (London. Copyright © 1939 by Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern. ‘All the Things You Are’ by Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern. Copyright © 1945 PolyGram International Publishing, Inc., and France Music Corp. Lyric excerpts of ‘Puttin' on the Ritz’ by Irving Berlin © Copyright 1928, 1929 by Irving Berlin. Lyrics excerpts of ‘I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm’ by Irving Berlin. Rights for the Extended Renewal Term in the United States controlled by The Estate of Lorenz Hart (WB Music Corp., Administrator) and Williamson Music (ASCAP). ‘My Heart Stood Still’ by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rogers © 1927 Warner Bros. Montgomery, Jr., Trustee of the Cole Porter Musical & Literary Property Trusts. Copyright Renewed and Assigned to Robert H.

‘It's De-Lovely’ by Cole Porter © 1936 by Chappell & Co. Copyright Renewed and Assigned to Warner Bros. ‘I Get a Kick Out of You’ by Cole Porter © 1934 Warner Bros. Rights for the Extended Renewal Term in the United States Controlled by Aldi Music Co. ‘I Can't Give You Anything But Love’ by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh © 1928 EMI Mills Music Inc. ‘Deep Purple’, lyric by Mitchell Parish © 1934, 1939 (Renewed 1962, 1967) EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. From that very first moment, Judith fell in love with Nancherrow.Grateful acknowledgement is made for permission to reprint from the following copyrighted works: In the distance could be glimpsed the blue horizon, and the sea. To the south, which was the front of the house, these lawns took the form of terraces, bisected by flights of stone steps. The front door was set in the round tower, castellated at its top like some Norman keep, and all about stretched green lawns, spreading vistas of shrub and woodland, ornamental flower-beds, and yellow and purple carpets of daffodils and crocus. It stood back, beyond a carriage sweep of pale sea-pebbles, and its eastern wall was smothered with clematis and climbing roses. It was built of local granite, and slate-roofed, with long windows on the two floors, and a line of dormer windows above these. Just the most wonderful home that we all adore.'Īnd when they came at last to Nancherrow, Judith saw exactly what she meant.


That sinking feeling when you're coming somewhere new.
