About this story
A copied bill and Philip's judgment delay but cannot stop the wedding, and when fever takes Philip abroad you cross the sea to nurse him in a white ward above the olive terraces. Thirty-eight chapters carry a two-year probation of temper to a grave beneath the east window and an account kept in a new hand.
How it opens
Your grandfather's sudden death left Redclyffe, its fortune, and your guardianship arrangements upon the same morning.
Mr EdmonstoneCome to Hollywell, Guy; an empty house is poor company while grief remains this near.
Philip Morville, the next heir after you, had already described your upbringing and dangerous family temper there.
Philip MorvilleStrict solitude prevented some faults, cousin, but it cannot prepare you for every freedom.
Bustle may come inside; a familiar creature need not be sacrificed to good manners.
Choose
Ask to see the household quietly rather than attend company.
Begin with Charles, who could not come downstairs.