Arrowsmith Chapter 32

In which the weighty business of combating a spreading plague summons Martin Arrowsmith and his determined but tempestuous companions to the West Indies, stirring a delicate and exacting discourse between science and sentiment beneath the shadow of great expectations. Amidst the low murmurs of island quarantine and the swell of ocean, relationships and resolves are tested as the voyage begins towards an uncertain and revealing trial of courage and conviction.