Guy Mannering Volume I - Chapter XX

In which the arrival of Colonel Mannering and his daughter at Woodbourne gently stirs the domestic and social circles, while the eccentric Dominie Sampson devotes himself with fervent delight to the arrangement of the late bishop's extensive and venerable library. Amidst quiet studies and the forming of new acquaintances, the household settles into a mannered existence, preparing the stage for the unfolding narrative to come.