The Last Chronicle of Barset Chapter XXX - Showing What Major Grantly Did After his Walk

In which Major Grantly, with a mixture of hope and apprehension, ventures to ask Grace Crawley to be his wife amidst the sombre shadows cast by her father's disgrace. Grace, firm yet tender, wrestles with the burdens of family and honour, delivering a frank and sorrowful refusal that yet leaves a mingled promise unspoken between them.