Aurora Floyd Chapter XVII

In which the handsome but morally dubious James Conyers takes up his post as trainer at Mellish Park, appointing the reluctant and troubled Steeve Hargraves as his attendant in an arrangement tinged with latent malice. Observing from his rustic lodge, Mr. Conyers dispatches Steeve on a charged errand to Mrs. Mellish, whose pale and imperious presence belies a concealed tumult, and who responds to the letter with cold defiance and a spark of fury.