The Patrician Part 1, Chapter 20

In which the youthful and privileged Viscount Harbinger, full of restless energy and untested emotions, finds himself caught between the ease of his inherited world and the compelling presence of Lady Barbara, whose serene inscrutability both fascinates and unsettles him. Meanwhile, amidst the elegant ceremonies of country life and the stirring airs of the moor, other characters observe with quiet judgment the delicate interplay of passion, idealism, and societal expectation that surrounds the young woman’s choices.