Gentleman and Ladies Author:Susan Hill Miss Faith Lavender would not have cried at her own funeral. And indeed no one attending the service shed a tear -- neither her two sisters, nor the handful of neighbours, nor the strange man in black boots holding stolen snowdrops. — Faith Lavender's funeral and the arrival of a stranger upsets the balance of Haverstock. Undercurrents of fie... more »rce emotion reach the surface, while the tensions rise and the ladies of Haverstock find their actions motivated by mutual suspicion and fear.« less