This is a gothic mystery that has lots of atmosphere. Alexandra Benjamin is the only child of a Jewish doctor who was successful in helping the deaf to learn to talk. When Damien wrote to the doctor, asking him to come to York to help his brother, Alexandra responded by calling herself Alex; leading Damien to believe that he was hiring a man.
When Alex gets there, Damien is unhappy but agrees to let her try -- as Sam's governess. Alex soon finds that Sam stopped talking when the boy's governess disappeared (20 years before this story). There are lots of ghost-like sightings and spooky occurrences. One thing that was hard to accept was the ease with which Alex taught Sam to speak again. Damien was overly negative without fully explaining why he felt there was nothing for him in life.
In the end, the solution/explanation wasn't as clear as I would have liked. This is a very involved tale that is hard to encapsulate in a few sentences.
When Alex gets there, Damien is unhappy but agrees to let her try -- as Sam's governess. Alex soon finds that Sam stopped talking when the boy's governess disappeared (20 years before this story). There are lots of ghost-like sightings and spooky occurrences. One thing that was hard to accept was the ease with which Alex taught Sam to speak again. Damien was overly negative without fully explaining why he felt there was nothing for him in life.
In the end, the solution/explanation wasn't as clear as I would have liked. This is a very involved tale that is hard to encapsulate in a few sentences.
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