The Freelands Chapter 33

In which the fragile health of a young man is tended amidst the muted greys of an English seaside town, his thoughts heavy with the looming trial that intertwines the fates of those about him. At the court, the sterile formalities and impassive faces of justice contrast sharply with the silent, sorrowful truths glimpsed in the testimony of a child, leaving a young observer profoundly unsettled by the solemn theatre unfolding before him.