The novel by the English writer Mary Stewart “Nine Coaches Waiting” (1958) topped the American bestseller lists for a long time. Arriving in France, the young Englishwoman Linda Martin became the governess of nine-year-old Philip, Comte de Valmy. Her ward - the owner of the family castle and estate - is under the guardianship of his uncle Leon. Linda feels an incomprehensible tension in the relationships between the inhabitants of the castle and tries to protect the boy from the oppressive authority of his uncle and the cold indifference of his aunt. The girl cannot explain, but she feels that under the ancient arches an invisible drama is unfolding, in which she has an important role to play... Mary Stewart's novels amazingly combine an intellectual detective story and a romantic story; it is not for nothing that her books sell millions of copies all over the world. Translation Lyudmila Berezkovskaya