Eleanor's Victory Volume 3 Chapter 2 - A Terrible Surprise

In which Eleanor Monckton braves a bleak and shadowy wood to reach the home of Maurice de Crespigny, only to be met with the solemn news of his sudden passing, her hopes to speak with him dashed in an instant. Encountering the chilly reserve of his grief-stricken nieces, she reflects wistfully on the lost opportunity and the uncertain fate of the inheritance that might have brought justice for her father's memory.