
The library at Mount had respectable bookcases, a worn Turkey carpet, and a writing table crowded with business papers. The matter is plain to me, Anne. You step into this one-chapter preview with Anne at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The warning from the library followed her into the household, while the name of the man she loved still had no witness except herself. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
Read In Trust: The Story of a Lady and Her Lover