The Fruit of the Tree Book 2 Chapter 9
Notes de l’épisode
In which Mr. Amherst, amid the refined society surrounding Mrs. Westmore, encounters resistance while endeavouring to alert her to the troublesome conditions facing the mill workers, his appeals met with measured dismissal and legal coldness. Meanwhile, the domestic confidantes speculate with thoughtful amusement on Mrs. Westmore’s lingering presence and the stirrings of unrest veiled beneath her genteel exterior.