The Small House at Allington Chapter XVII - Courcy Castle

In which the grand assembly at Courcy Castle unfolds with all its vicissitudes of family alliances, ambitions, and social stratagems, where the glances of the old earl and the manners of Lady Dumbello set the season's tone. Amidst whispered scandals and delicate tensions, Mr. Crosbie navigates the precarious waters of engagement rumours, confiding his uncertainties to the observant Lady Alexandrina in a manner both guarded and earnest.