Chapter 6

For the next two weeks, during the daylight hours, I played the role of the docile, obedient, and perhaps slightly clumsy daughter to perfection.

At seven in the morning, I would appear in the breakfast room, dressed in the appropriate attire Anna had selected for me—usually conservative knit dresses or pleated skirts in pale colors. I learned to cut bacon and fried eggs with silver cutlery, sippe