The Last Chronicle of Barset Chapter LVIII - The Cross-Grainedness of Men

In which the archdeacon visits Plumstead and reveals his conflicted feelings about Grace Crawley, while negotiations and tensions unfold quietly but firmly between father and son regarding loyalty, income, and forthcoming changes in their domestic arrangements. As the major seeks counsel from his mother and grandfather, the gravity of family duties and personal resolve are weighed with gentle admonitions and fervent hopes for reconciliation.