
After four years in Bordeaux, Frank Osbaldistone returned to his father's London house under an urgent summons. Dubourg reports that you pleased him, Frank; your own letter gives me less cause for pleasure. You step into this one-chapter preview with Diana Vernon at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. London fell behind as the road carried him toward a family he had never met. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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