The Last Chronicle of Barset Chapter XXVII - A Hero at Home

In which two gentlemen travelling to the quiet town of Guestwick share a compartment on the train, each burdened with weighty matters of the heart and intent upon delicate domestic affairs in the neighbouring village of Allington. The acquaintance thus formed leads to a meeting at Lady Julia’s cottage, where the lives and feelings of those concerned intertwine with a tender complexity, revealing much of hope and hesitation.