All Along the River Chapter 9 - Lies Nothing Buried Long Ago?

In which the genteel village of Trelasco slowly rouses itself to social life with a dinner-party at the grand Glenaveril, where the newly returned Colonel Disney and his family encounter the crowded manners and curious characters of the neighbourhood. The evening unfolds with civility and veiled tensions, as subtle observations and restrained discomfort mingle beneath the polished surface of genteel hospitality.