The Lovels of Arden Chapter XL - Lying in Wait

In which Mr. Granger departs for Yorkshire, leaving Clarissa feeling vulnerable yet determined to offer guidance to her restless husband Austin, whose sudden flight from Paris with his family stirs unease among their acquaintances. Meanwhile, George Fairfax contemplates a bold and complicated design to rescue Clarissa from her constrained existence, pondering the consequences with a mixture of hope and desperation in the quiet emptiness of the painter's deserted studio.