The floors of the corridors and ballroom had been buffed with beeswax polish until they gleamed, and the house itself was groaning under the weight of fresh flowers in monstrously large vases, while tables covered with thickly starched linen sported a dazzling array of delicate canapés - pastries, cakes, tiny sandwiches, fruits - and servants held silver trays crowded with crystal glasses of champagne. It was the night of the ball and Lockwood had come alive. And she also meets the patriarch's beautiful daughter Lucy, who is just as interested in the fossils as she is their curator. But there she encounters the boorish homeowner, and a possibly ghost, who may or may not have killed the previous lady of the manor. During the Blitz, Hetty, a museum curator heads to a country manor to help preserve its collection of rare fossils and specimens. The following is an exclusive excerpt from The Animals at Lockwood Manor, by Jane Healey.
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