Doctor Thorne Chapter XLIV - Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning

In which Frank is dispatched to London on urgent business in hopes it might temper his resolute attachment to Mary, while his mother Lady Arabella wrestles with a mother's anxiety and pride, pleading with him to reconsider their imprudent match. As Frank seeks counsel from his trusted friend Harry Baker, both weigh the tangled ties of love, honour, and family duty with grave deliberation beneath the ailing shadow of the Greshamsbury estate.