Shirley Chapter 10 - Old Maids Part 2

In which a young lady named Caroline, burdened by solitude and melancholy, ventures beyond her usual confines to visit two solitary women of differing temperaments, discovering in their lives a measure of fortitude and goodness that stirs her compassion and reflections. Her attempts to embrace purpose through charitable endeavours, though strenuous and somewhat salving to her spirit, leave her inwardly restless, caught still in the shadows of a mournful past.