Wives and Daughters Chapter 13 - Molly Gibson's New Friends

In which the slow progress of summer brings changes both to Hamley Hall and to Molly’s own circumstances, as the apprehensions of those around her and new acquaintances paint the mosaic of her young life with a mixture of anxiety and fascination. Her visit to the Manor-house, with its sombre grandeur and revealing conversations, unfolds a delicate portrait of society’s varying manners and the tender stirrings of youthful feeling.