Phantom Fortune Chapter 4 - The Last Stage

In which a sudden and grievous illness confines Lord Maulevrier to his chamber amid the bleak, snow-covered hills, attended faithfully by Lady Maulevrier and those about him. As the long winter day fades into a moonlit night, the gravity of his condition prompts a midnight departure for her ladyship, set against the silent splendour of a wintry mountain road.