An Old Man's Love Chapter 14 - Mr Whittlestaff Is Going Out To Dinner

In which Mr Whittlestaff extends an invitation for Mary Lawrie to a dinner at Little Alresford, intending to introduce her to familiar faces including John Gordon, thereby navigating the delicate tensions of past affections and future arrangements with cautious resolve. Mary, though inwardly torn by her love for Gordon and her sense of duty to Mr Whittlestaff, prepares herself to meet the challenges of social grace and personal sacrifice upon this eventful occasion.