Emily Davis Author:Miss Read (Dora Jessie Saint) Dolly Clare and her childhood friend Emily Davis are both retired teachers in the village school. The two women remained deeply involved with the life of their village and since its children were in thier charge, they met many complexities beneath the quiet surface. Even in Fairacre human trouble ran deep. Dolly Clare and Emily Davis had their s... more »hare, but they were never too poor or too busy or too tired to offer help.« less