A House-Party, Don Gesualdo, and A Rainy June
Adapted from A House-Party, Don Gesualdo, and A Rainy June (1902) by Ouida
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August light enters through leaded panes and falls across old Chelsea china, Queen Anne silver, and a paper list. Fifteen days before the shooting begins, and your guests have arranged every possible scandal except a quiet meal. You step into this one-chapter preview with Lady Usk at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Lady Usk folds the list beneath the stained-glass motto and hears the peacocks call. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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