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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. Book I Chapter 11 - I Come Home for a Holiday to Castlewood, and Find a Skeleton in the House
In which young Henry Esmond returns to the venerable Castlewood Hall for a holiday, finding the household shadowed by a silent sorrow that tinges his mistress's gentle demeanour and the family's daily life with a subtle but poignant grief. Amid the lively innocence of the children and the imposing presence of Lord Castlewood, Esmond becomes an unwitting confidant to the complexities and disquiet that lurk beneath the polished surface of this stately home.
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