A Bevy of Girls

You left a valued teaching post in Frankfurt because your stepmother's illness had made the family demand your return. Duty may bring me home, but it cannot mean that every other person's duty disappears into mine. You step into this one-chapter preview with Horace at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. He rose, leaving every earlier arrangement open to change. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

Chapters

1. Half of Every DayThe Aldworth home near Newcastle · 4 min

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