The Patrician Part 2, Chapter 27

In which Barbara, summoned unexpectedly to Ravensham, encounters a tense and silent scene where a trivial incident with a hornet belies the heavy emotions beneath a fraught family gathering. Amidst veiled reproaches and unspoken fears, she finds herself a silent witness to a stark confrontation between her grandmother and brother, before hastily setting out to accompany him on an uncertain journey.