Can You Forgive Her? Chapter XLIII - Mrs Marsham

In which Lady Glencora resolves to assert her own will against her husband's gentle insistence, inviting her cousin Alice to share her company in defiance of the formidable Mrs. Marsham, who embodies a watchful and controlling presence in the Palliser household. The visit reveals mounting tensions between these women, marked by cold civilities and unspoken conflicts, whilst Alice feels increasingly estranged within the world of wealth and power that surrounds them.