The Black Robe After the Story Chapter 1

In which the narrator hastens to London upon receiving a distressing letter from Stella, whose husband has abandoned her for the priesthood, and their meeting reveals the heavy toll of her trials alongside the complex interplay of trust, pride, and sorrow. Amidst revelations of sealed confessions and fractured loyalties, they grapple with painful truths and fragile hopes, while the ever-attentive Traveller lends silent sympathy to their uneasy reconciliation.