It is Never Too Late to Mend Chapters XXX and XXXI

In which a cunning Mr. Meadows confronts the respectable-looking postmaster Jefferies with evidence of his secret pilfering, setting a trap that reveals the truth beneath a genteel exterior, while a crafty solicitor weighs the price of leniency. Meanwhile, a delicate peace is attempted by the gentle Susan who endeavours to temper the bitter animosity between two quarrelsome men, their enmity as deep and ancient as their differences.