Can You Forgive Her? Chapter XXV - In Which Much of the History of the Pallisers Is Told

In which Alice Vavasor settles into the polite complexities of Matching Priory and forms an intimate friendship with Lady Glencora, amidst the subtle intrigues and social expectations of their circle. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Palliser contemplates his uncertain prospects and the possibility of marriage, while conversations reveal the tangled emotions and unspoken regrets that accompany the ties of family and affection.