Chapter 2: September the Twentieth. Three to Four P.m

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​⁠It was the third week in September, about five weeks after Cytherea’s arrival, when Miss Aldclyffe requested her one day to go through the village of Carriford and assist herself in collecting the subscriptions made by some of the inhabitants of the parish to a religious society she patronized. Miss Aldclyffe formed one of what was called a Ladies’ Association, each member of which collected tribu