The Man of Property Part II Chapter XIV - Soames Sits On The Stairs

In which Soames finds himself locked out of his wife's room, faced with the chilling reality of her determined withdrawal, stirring a tempest of passion and suspicion in his mind. The haunting strains of a distant waltz weave through the air as Irene returns home in a new guise, their tense encounter charged with unspoken yearning and a shadowed past.