The House of Mirth Book One Chapter 09

In which Miss Bart returns to the austere and painstakingly kept household of her aunt Mrs. Peniston, encountering the mundane tedium and undercurrents of society’s whispered scandals. She is unexpectedly confronted by a char-woman bearing a parcel of torn letters connected to a delicate intrigue, forcing Lily to navigate a troubling negotiation that subtly threatens to entangle those she knows.