Katie Mulholland

Some women are destined to arouse in men either fierce hatred or insatiable desire. Such a woman was Katie Mulholland. At fifteen, a scullery maid in the house of the Rosiers, she had been raped by the master. Now, many years later, she had enough money to maintain three carriages if she wanted to and she was on her way to see Bernard Rosier under very different circumstances. There was no pride in Katie Mulholland's heart, however, only fear, for half of Tyneside still talked about the way she ...