Anne Lister and Ann Walker launch a charm offensive on Ann'srelatives, determined to show them that Miss Walker isflourishing at Shibden Hall. Anne is fascinated by the arrivalof a railway in Yorkshire and quizzes Halifax's men of industryon what this revolution could mean for the town. Thoughanimated in public, privately Anne is unable to tear herthoughts from Mariana Lawton, who has confided that she is inthe depths of despair. When Mariana appeals to Anne to visither, Miss Walker has to make a difficult decision. Can shetrust her wife to go?
