Eleanor's Victory Volume 1 Chapter 17 - The Shadow On Gilbert Monckton'S Life

In which the stately and somewhat somnolent Tolldale Priory, surrounded by ancient woodlands and filled with ancestral memories, serves as the sombre backdrop to Mr. Gilbert Monckton’s solitary existence and concealed sorrow. It is here that the once hopeful young gentleman, transformed by a private disappointment, devotes himself wholly to his legal profession, shunning society save for occasional and distant acquaintance.