The Patrician Part 2, Chapter 18

In which Barbara, caught between the ardent attentions of Harbinger and the complicated affairs of Miltoun, wrestles with the stirrings of her own heart and the weight of familial expectation. The shadow of Miltoun’s solemn resolve casts a solemn mood upon the household, prompting quiet reflections on duty, desire, and the uncertain course of life’s entanglements.