Scandals
Penny Jordan
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To silk – the most magical of fabrics that always casts its spell on me.
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Christmas 1991
‘It won’t be long now. They’ll all be here soon,’ said Amber.
Jay gave his wife an understanding smile, acknowledging her excitement.
They were in the drawing room at Denham, the elegant Palladian house Amber had inherited from her grandmother. The low-lying December sun was striking beams of pale light through the windows to illuminate the room’s soft blue and yellow décor, as Jay and Amber anticipated the arrival of their family.
Amber may have just had her seventy-ninth birthday, but even now she possessed a child’s delight in the magic of Christmas.
This youthful enthusiasm she had never lost, combined with her experience of life, had made her the driving force behind the success of Denby Silk, the Macclesfield silk mill,