Can You Forgive Her? Chapter II - Lady Macleod

In which the humble and somewhat gloomy residence of Alice Vavasor in Queen Anne Street forms the setting for a delicate and earnest conversation between her and her venerable relative, Lady Macleod, touching upon the proprieties of society and the cautious negotiation of familial and romantic expectations. The gentle but firm defiance of Alice, as she upholds her own intentions and associations against the counsel of her elder, reveals much of her character and the subtle tensions that underlay her social position.