The House of the Seven Gables Chapter 13 - Alice Pyncheon

In which the proud carpenter Matthew Maule, heir to a disputed claim and shrouded in ancestral suspicion, is summoned to the House of the Seven Gables to parley with its owner, Mr. Pyncheon, touching on lost documents and mysterious family legacies that entwine their fates. Therein, through strange and spectral communion with the fair and haughty Alice Pyncheon, a subtle and potent influence is exercised, casting a shadow over the gentle maiden’s spirit and the household she adorns.