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Twilight Sleep Chapter 12

In which Pauline, newly fortified by a fashionable healer’s ministrations, confronts the unsettled spirits of her family and in-laws with calm resolve, seeking to soothe the restlessness of Lita and the worries of those around her. She ventures to Viking Court, where the austere Mrs. Landish and the grave Manford offer fragments of uneasy counsel, revealing the subtle tensions lurking beneath their genteel surfaces.

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In which Pauline, newly fortified by a fashionable healer’s ministrations, confronts the unsettled spirits of her family and in-laws with calm resolve, seeking to soothe the restlessness of Lita and the worries of those around her. She ventures to Viking Court, where the austere Mrs. Landish and the grave Manford offer fragments of uneasy counsel, revealing the subtle tensions lurking beneath their genteel surfaces.

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