Wives and Daughters Chapter 57 - Bridal Visits and Adieux

In which Lady Cumnor visits to offer cautious congratulations and austere counsel on the forthcoming marriage in the Gibson family, bringing her own notions of propriety and social rank into gentle play. Meanwhile, poor Molly, ill and reluctant, is sent under Lady Harriet’s attentive care to the imposing Towers, where kindness and quiet attentions begin to restore her spirits amid the grandeur and old associations of the house.