The Devil''''s Lady. II Then Catharine was told that she was now given the same room where a century ago Anna was lived. Catharine was a brave and intelligent girl who did not terrified by a tale but the atmosphere around her was a little mysterious and disturbing. However, she becomes closely intimate with Alannah .One day she found a Folly in the woods near the building. Someone tried to kill her when she was walking there. At the same time Alannah reached there and she was rescued. After this incident she found no moment of peace. A series of
strange events caught her in grip. She hears the sounds of dancing shoes and someone walking in her room .One night she feels somebody in the study of her
grandfather when she goes there someone tried to kill her and study caught fire. Again Alannah came to her rescue. After this incident she transferred from the tower room to another. She thought Troy is responsible of all this and strongly demanded him to let her go back. But Troy made it clear that she has to stay here. She was strongly terrified by the charm of Troy which has held her from the very beginning. In this complex situation she finds herself helpless. All the other people in the household thought that all of this is the part of Devil''''s curse due to which Catharine becomes unbalanced and did not believe on her apprehension. Selina gives a Ball in her honor and dressed her like Anna. To Catharine''''s surprise, Seton dressed like Devil. A night before the Ball Catharine''''s maid was disappeared. Next day Selina told her that in fact, Troy was behind all those incidents because he wants the money which she inherits from grandfather. It was a great surprise because Troy has told her at first meeting that her grandfather had left nothing for her. So, she decided to leave the place silently. Next day when all the servants were at the village fair and Troy was on his business, Selina was struck by migraine attack and was sleeping; Catharine unexpectedly discovered a
secret way and found her maid''''s dead body lying there. She hurriedly sends a servant to Ashmead for help but Seton was not found. However, Agnes sent an emergency note to Troy. Catharine returned to the secret way and go through it. It was certainly the secret way of ancient time which was not discovered before. On the way she heard footsteps and the whisperings of a man and women. They were Seton and Selina. She was surprised to see them there. They took her in the Folly and then viciously discovered the whole plane of her death. It was not Troy but Selina who want to kill her. Because, grandfather had deprived her from inherited assets and made Catharine
heiress .Selina would never bear it. Troy need no money because he himself was immensely rich and now he was about to name all his assets to Catharine because he was greatly inspired by the piety of Catharine. So, in case of her death Selina would be her heiress. Eton and she was secret lovers. She ordered Seton to kill her but at the same time, Alannah again approached there and cried to see Catharine in distress. Selina turned and her thin silk gown caught fire and she burned in
fury and fell down from the window. Seton,
horrified with the changing situation, ran away. At the same time, Troy returned and stunned at the strange situation. Desperate Catharine told him all. Troy in turn, also told her some facts. He was already suspected about Selina''''s character. He tells Catharine that he found his father in Australia and Alannah is her half – sister who becomes
dumb after an incident and now able to speak again. Tears come in her eyes and she thanked God for these good news after such a long and horrified period. At the end Troy and Catharine got married.
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