The Black Robe Book the First Chapter 5

In which a morning at Lord Loring’s residence reveals delicate exchanges and unspoken tensions between Romayne and Miss Eyrecourt, while Father Benwell’s cautious manoeuvrings and Penrose’s devoted service hint at deeper schemes afoot. The reverberations of secret pasts and tender influences begin to stir beneath the surface, as friendships and conversions alike are quietly set in motion.