Barchester Towers Chapter 13 - The Rubbish Cart

In which Mr. Harding wrestles with the sharp sting of displacement and the unsettling rise of new ecclesiastical philosophies, finding little comfort even in his daughter Eleanor’s well-meaning efforts and burgeoning sympathies towards the zealous Mr. Slope. The household bristles with quiet tensions, as suspicions and fears about the chaplain’s intentions begin to shadow the prospects of both the hospital’s future and Eleanor’s heart.