The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces Section II - Another Scene from the Dolliver Romance

In which the tranquil morning finds Grandsir Dolliver tending his medicinal herbs with the quiet companionship of little Pansie and her sprightly kitten, while memories and sorrows linked to a bygone, brilliant apothecary career linger amid the mysterious shrubs planted by a revered predecessor. A child's innocent mischief disturbs a treasured plant, stirring somber remembrances and a tender interplay between life, death, and the enduring shadows cast by those who have passed beyond the garden gate.