The allure of a trip to the seaside, the instructions to pack her best dresses. The anticipation drove her to distraction in the following days, but filled her with such a positive attitude that she even greeted 'boat boy' from the bank with a warm apology that his book had still not docked in the shop. She urged him to come back again, assuring him that his book would be set aside.

She couldn't help but mention her trip, and blushed when he pointed out Harrogate was slap in the middle of the Dales, known for healing waters and not haddock. She simply had to try the toffee while she was there, a favourite of boat boy's mother apparently.

Her dress-suit case was already packed with her sunny yellow dress. Ellie had decided would wear her long green velvet dress and boots for the first day of her holiday. The dress had been gifted her by Miss Christine on their first meeting, raising her status from maid to maiden; yet would cause no scandal in its conservative style, something Miss Catherine would surely appreciate.