The Freelands Chapter 13

In which Gerald Malloring visits Tod Freeland and finds himself perplexed by the latter’s laissez-faire attitude toward the social difficulties troubling their small village, contrasting sharply with his own sense of duty and order. Meanwhile, the Gaunt family wrestles with their own stubborn pride and the delicate tensions wrought by change, as a spirited granddaughter plans a decisive move away from home.