Jude the Obscure Part 3 Chapter 1

In which the young stone-cutter, weary and reflective, embraces an austere but sincere vocation in the Church, seeking solace and purpose away from worldly ambition. His renewed hopes are tempered by the somber realities of his cousin Sue’s constrained life at an ecclesiastical training school, where they meet and converse with a mix of affection, restraint, and unspoken tensions.