Our Mutual Friend Book 3 Chapter 3 - The Same Respected Friend in More Aspects Than One

In which we witness the sombre yet tender efforts of a small circle of characters as they strive to restore life to the once-avoided Riderhood, revealing in his fragile revival a mixture of hope, sorrow, and uneasy anticipation. His reluctant return to consciousness is met with a blend of affection and resentment, and the scene is tinged with the bittersweet reflections of those around him, poised between the finality of death and the uncertain continuance of existence.