Chapter 31: Phoebe's Petition

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌⁠The division between Lady Audley and her step-daughter had not become any narrower in the two months which had elapsed since the pleasant Christmas holiday time had been kept at Audley Court. There was no open warfare between the two women; there was only an armed neutrality, broken every now and then by brief feminine skirmishes and transient wordy tempests. I am sorry to say that Alicia would ve