Chapter 20

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌⁠The autumn is throwing down its red and amber tributes before other feet besides Margaret's; before Betty's, before Talbot's. It does not, however, rain the same shower on both. Betty's famed chestnuts supply no leaf for Talbot's tread. For the first time for five years Harborough Castle gets no share in John Talbot's autumn holiday. This is more through his misfortune than his fault, as Betty, th