Barchester Towers Chapter 15 - The Widow's Suitors

In which Mr. Slope, emboldened by the bishop, contemplates the advantages of courting a wealthy widow while wrestling with his conscience and social rivalries, and the Stanhope siblings discuss prospects and prejudices surrounding proposals and marriages with their usual candid frankness. The narrative delicately unveils these intertwined ambitions and opinions, rendering the familiar setting of Barchester with its characteristic mingling of earnestness and human folly.