The Professor Chapter II

In which the young protagonist contemplates the sober realities of life amidst the industrious landscape of autumnal ——shire, and submits himself to the stern scrutiny of his brother, Edward Crimsworth, who offers him a post in the family’s mercantile enterprise but insists on strict professionalism devoid of familial favour. Thus begins a tentative apprenticeship marked by rigorous expectation and the quiet resolve to prove his merit through diligent work, even as coldness and discipline shadow his entrance into trade.