Page 1
The lone daughter born to affluent parents, Martha enjoyed all the luxuries that one could expect when one is not in want of coin. As a child, Martha had become quite attached to Gertrude, her nanny, her constant companion. In fact, Gertrude was the only person Martha ever held any affection for.
Ronald, her much older brother, was never a close relative. At her birth, he no longer resided within the family home. He had already been sent off to glean the knowledge that expensive boarding schools were able to offer the children of the wealthy. She, in her turn, had been sent off to become enlightened, at the age of six, at a remote private school for girls in Switzerland.
Vividly, she could still recall her parents standing next to Gertrude as she fondly waved ‘adieu’ the day she left home the first time. Yearly, she was allowed a two-week stay at the residence of her birth, yet Ronald was never there. On these brief vacations, she would rekindle the closeness to her nanny which her nightly dreams so often held.
Within the rugged mountains of Switzerland lay a château that some long-deceased nobleman had bequeathed to the Sisters of Hope. This stone structure dated from the early part of the seventeenth century. Within that school’s cold grey stone walls, the years quickly passed.
Martha, in an effort to please her well-meaning parents, threw herself into her studies. In a short span of time, she had been transformed into the ‘perfect’ little lady. Grace and manners flowed in her veins.
Each summer, as she arrived home, her parents inspected her and were impressed with the results. Often, Martha was shown off to her parents’ friends. Even in those innocent years, everyone remarked on Martha’s exceptional beauty.
As Martha matured and developed, her radiant looks caused the other girls in the convent to resent her. Martha took this show of indignation in a positive way and, as she grew, shunned any close acquaintances with the other girls, especially in the latter years of her study.
Go to: First Pages
Go to: Home Page
Copyright 2012 Gothic-Horror.com. All rights reserved.