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The Argosy, Vol. XXV
Pomeroy Abbey by Mrs. Henry Wood This serial installment presents a domestic drama set at Pomeroy Abbey. The chapter centers on a confrontation between Lady Alice Pomeroy and her husband Guy's brother Rupert, whom she had loved before her marriage. Alice, now wife of the Abbey's lord and mother of a newborn daughter, encounters Rupert unexpectedly and discovers that Guy had deceived her regarding Sybilla Gaunt's misfortune—falsely attributing it to Rupert when Guy's brother George was actually responsible. Rupert, recently released from Queen's Bench Prison (where Guy had refused to bail him out), reveals Guy's deliberate sabotage of their romance. Alice, moved by Rupert's revelations, acknowledges her lingering love for him, later repenting the confession. The passage concludes with Guy's late return from a county religious meeting, finding his wife notably distant.