Twilight Sleep Chapter 20

In which Pauline Manford embarks on a fraught journey from the clamour of the city to her country estate of Cedarledge, burdened with the demands of correspondence and the quiet weight of personal worries, while her daughter Nona finds solace in the timeless woods and lake that form the backdrop of her youth. Meanwhile, the intersecting concerns of family and social duties unfold quietly, setting a tone of restrained anticipation beneath the tender unfolding of spring.