Miss. Snowe undergoes much pain and heartache early on in the novel, and finds herself leaving home after familial deaths. On her adventure, she is not truly aware of where she will end up, but knows that she must go somewhere.
I'd like to take a moment to interject here. Although many argue her "weirdness" (my thesis advisor included), the girl had guts. Can you imagine packing up all of your belongings and just going away to somewhere totally new, presumably permanently, alone? I couldn't. Granted I am going to Rome in March by myself, and will travel through Munich and Brussels (another sidenote) but I know that I have a set destination, and will return home after 10 days. Lucy, did not.
Anyway, I digress. Back to the point.
Miss Snowe wound up at a boarding school for young women under the direction of Madame Beck. Since the language of choice was French, and Lucy was from England, she was instantly out of place with her accent. However, she soon found a niche in teaching English to the pupils, and not too long after found a companion. Graham Bretton, her youthful friend, from when she lived with he and his mother as a young girl.
But will time have changed the friendship between Lucy and Graham?
Seul l’avenir nous le dira .. Only time will tell.
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