Barchester Towers Chapter 20 - Mr. Arabin

In which the scholarly and somewhat aloof Reverend Francis Arabin is introduced as a complex man of wit and faith, grappling with past religious doubts and present worldly disappointments as he assumes his modest parish at St. Ewold. We observe his genteel exterior and the nuanced opinions he inspires in others, while he quietly contemplates the solitary life he has chosen and the unfulfilled hopes that accompany it.