
The Tredgold house stood above a dazzling coast, its gardens running to the cliff and its rooms crowded with gilding. The view is wasted on us. You step into this one-chapter preview with Katherine at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Mr Tredgold resumed his paper; the sea darkened beyond the glass; the sisters carried their unequal light into tomorrow's plan. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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