Our Mutual Friend Book 4 Chapter 1 - Setting Traps

In which we are introduced to the quiet yet watchful life along a softly flowing river, where men of contrasting temperaments cross paths in the fading light and brooding dusk. Amidst the gentle murmurs of water and the occasional creak of lock-gates, a web of uneasy observation and guarded intentions begins to weave itself about a striking resemblance and a mysterious pursuit.