
Orphaned Christopher Orchardson reached twenty-five under Uncle Corny's rule in a Thames-side garden where work left little room for ambition. Kit, trees tell a man what they need; women do not know what they want and enjoy teaching men the same confusion. You step into this one-chapter preview with Uncle Corny at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The unknown young woman left the chapter without owing either observer a word. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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