Vixen Volume 2 Chapter 9 - The Owner of Bullfinch

In which the orderly transformation of Abbey House under Captain Winstanley’s direction reveals the poignancy of old affections and new social etiquettes, while Violet Tempest navigates the uneasy advances of her mother’s guests with a guarded spirit and a sharp tongue. Amidst refined dinners and genteel visits, the arrival of Lord Mallow, a robust Irish nobleman and old comrade of the Captain, stirs in Violet a familiar unease, as she contemplates her place in a world she views with sceptical eyes.