Armadale Book the fourth, Chapter I

In which Miss Gwilt, in the seclusion of Naples, confides her troubled and lonely heart in the pages of her diary, revealing the subtle estrangement and unspoken grievances that shadow her marriage to Midwinter. As she records the arrival of Armadale and the complexities that his presence brings, her reflections capture the quiet turmoil and delicate tensions haunting her daily existence.