The Custom of the Country Chapter 46

In which a young boy named Paul experiences a stirring sense of estrangement amid the lavish but unfamiliar surroundings of his mother’s new Parisian home, seeking comfort in old connections and the scraps of his family’s tangled history. Meanwhile, his mother prepares to entertain amidst the glittering trappings of wealth and society, yet harbours a quiet discontent at the limits of her social aspirations.