The Turn of the Screw Chapter 21

In which the governess awakens to the troubling news of Flora’s feverish unrest and the child’s vehement denial of any spectral visitations, prompting a delicate discussion with Mrs. Grose about loyalty, suspicion, and a plan to separate the children in hopes of gaining an opening with Miles. Their shared anxieties reveal hidden misdeeds and deepen the governess’s resolve to confront the boy, trusting his eventual confession will offer some measure of salvation amid the encroaching shadows.