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The Hermit's Cave(Old Radio Show)The Old Nurse's Story
"The
Old Nurses Story" was written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1852. The Weird
Circle's dramatization of the story begins with the sound of the wind
blowing through the branches of an apple tree, causing them tap against
a window pane. This prompts an old nurse named Hester to cast her mind
back to a time when it was not just the branches of a tree tapping
against the glass of one of the windows at Ferdale Hall, and Hester
recalls that, at that time, the master's daughters Maud and Miss Grace
were the two prettiest girls in the area. Lord Ferndale was
so angry about this that he kicked Grace out of the house, but six
years later she returned, accompanied by her young daughter, Angelica.
It was a cold winter's night, but Lord Ferndale's heart was
colder and he sent them away, telling Miss Grace that he only had one
Daughter, Maude, who married well. His other daughter is dead. Sadly
his harsh words proved to be prophetic because Miss Grace and Angelica
became lost in a snowstorm and froze to death in the meadow behind the
hall. Click to Listen >> The Old Nurse's Story More Stories from the Weird Circle All Radio Shows
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