A Life Sentence

A Life Sentence is a novel by Adeline Sergeant. Sergeant was an English novelist and poet. Excerpt: "As the two stole silently down the corridor, Enid noticed that the door of Dick's night-nursery was half open. She hesitated, then with a mute sign to Parker to go on, she entered the room and made her way to the child's bedside. Parker lingered long enough to see her kneel down beside it, and lay ...