The Enchanted April Chapter 2

In which Mrs. Arbuthnot, moved by an impulsive yet earnest acquaintance, finds herself sharing a curious longing for a distant Italian castle that unsettles her accustomed prudence and stirs a secret excitement beneath her usual calm exterior. As she wrestles quietly with the complexities of her own constrained happiness and the moral ambiguities tied to her husband's disreputable livelihood, she prays for guidance amid the muted stirrings of a hopeful new possibility.