About this story
That night your own brother Lionel staggers home bleeding, confessing he has killed Peter in the dark with no witness left to call it fair. You hide him, let the county's suspicion settle on you instead, and lose Rosamund's trust - then follow a summons in her name to a shore where Lionel's gratitude turns out to have a price.
How it opens
Cornish sunlight crossed Penarrow's gardens while an old feud waited beyond the hedge.
Oliver, Peter believes marriage cannot erase what our fathers began.
You had fought abroad, returned knighted, and asked peace from the family taught to hate yours.
NicholasMaster Lionel rode toward Malpas before noon and has sent no word home.
My brother is coming, and his anger will not wait for Lionel's return.
Peter GodolphinThis courtship is another Tressilian theft committed with better manners.