Vera Chapter XIV

In which newlywed Lucy discovers the exhausting and inescapable attentions of her spirited husband, Everard, whose exuberant love contrasts with her own growing fatigue and secret unease. Their journey through picturesque châteaux and the anticipation of settling into Everard's cherished home are shadowed by the delicate tensions of misunderstood feelings and the tender efforts to preserve their fragile happiness.