The Valley of the Moon Book 2 Chapter 7

In which Billy insists that Saxon keep her needlework a pleasure rather than a trade, affirming his pride in providing for their household, while the couple’s friends debate the grim prospects of an impending labour strike with fierce and varied opinions. The conversation reveals a bitter reckoning with lost heritage and mounting hardships, as the men weigh the tarnished justice and the fierce fight that seems inevitable against a backdrop of changing times and fading fortunes.