Part 2, Chapter 6: Her Guardian's Consent

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​⁠The Reverend Hugh Lloyd, who was Gwenna Williams' only relative and guardian and therefore the person from whom consent might be asked if ever the girl wished to be engaged, sat reading The Cambrian News. He sat, over his breakfast eggs and tea, in the kitchen-sitting-room of his Chapel House. Inside, the grandfather clock ticked slowly but still pointed (as ever) to half-past two; and the cosy ro