To Let Part 1 Chapter 1 - Encounter

In which Soames Forsyte, a man of traditional mind and considerable means, wanders London amid reflections on family, art, and the changing society that unsettles his old-fashioned sensibilities, culminating in a chance meeting with his divorced wife and their respective children at an avant-garde exhibition. The encounter, seasoned with quiet tension and the subtle mingling of past grievances and present connections, casts an understated light on the shifting fortunes and fragmented ties of the Forsyte family.