After loading up the boxes, he placed them neatly in the hall.

All the servants knew that Alexis and Cordelia were leaving. This made them feel sad, but none of them dared to say anything.

Throughout the whole day, Alexis had not gone downstairs.

She was upstairs in the study, drawing a picture which depicted a view from the window.

It was a picture of the yard being covered with fiery red leaves.