Summary

William’s tensions with George Cruikshank begin to escalate as the Tichborne trial comes to a close. Meanwhile, Eliza throws herself further and further into her support of Bogle, Tichborne, and the trial proceedings, sneaking out of the house without William’s knowledge in order to attend politically charged meetings held by Bogle’s son Henry. Her contributions to Bogle’s cause begin to take on a more political dimension, and Eliza becomes more and more passionate about civil rights for England’s Black residents.

These meetings with Henry cause Eliza to begin ruminating on the dinners of the 1930s, when William’s literary novels would still come by. She increasingly begins to feel as though she was outspoken in her beliefs at these salons, often to little effect. She also begins to recall the oppression that she and William’s daughters faced...