Can You Forgive Her? Chapter XXXII - Containing an Answer to the Love Letter

In which Alice Vavasor resolves to communicate a delicate decision to her cousin George, carefully stipulating a year’s interval before their union while generously offering financial support for his political ambitions, and then courageously endeavours to obtain the reluctant consent of her family. Meanwhile, George receives her letter with an outward show of nonchalance, yet inwardly contemplates the opportunity it presents, setting the scene for the unfolding complexities of duty, affection, and expectation.