The Woodlanders Chapter 5

In which Giles Winterborne encounters Marty South and Grace Melbury in the quiet market-place of Sherton Abbas, observing the contrasts of station and circumstance as they cross paths under an apple-tree’s modest boughs. Meanwhile, a moment of unexpected charity from Mrs. Charmond offers Marty a brief reprieve, hinting at the complex interweaving of lives within the village’s bounds.