The Professor Chapter I - Introductory

In which a young gentleman recounts his uneasy passage from privileged education to the world of trade, estranged from his aristocratic uncles and contemplating the nature of his kinship with a distant brother whose success contrasts sharply with his own fortunes. The narrative opens upon his first encounter with his brother and brother’s wife, setting a reflective tone steeped in quiet observation and the subtle judgments of character.