
The Glebe Cottage grew out of a thatched building and a little gentility, with heather pressing one wall and roses climbing the other. I have been longer than I meant. You step into this one-chapter preview with Margaret Diarmid at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The Glebe Cottage held its fragile peace for another evening, with faith, doubt, and family duty sharing the same table. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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