Under the Greenwood Tree Part 2 Chapter 6: Yalbury Wood and the Keeper's House

In which a sunny spring morning finds Dick Dewy fetching Fancy from her father’s cottage, where family idiosyncrasies and the peculiar ways of Mrs. Day unfold amidst the quaint household rituals and the ticking rivalry of two clocks. The modest meal taken together reveals subtle tensions and the unspoken observations of those gathered, as each character’s temperaments and histories are softly sketched against the homely backdrop of Yalbury Wood.