Anne Lister and Ann Walker's trip to London is blighted bytension. Anne refuses to introduce Ann to her society friends,and simmering resentments on both sides of the relationshipboil over when Miss Walker takes Anne to task over herfinancial borrowing.Back in Halifax, in the run-up to theNorthgate ceremony, Anne is privately dismayed to realise shecannot count on the support of her family and receives terriblenews about a friend. The ongoing mission to divide the Walkerestate puts the couple under even more strain when CaptainSutherland arrives from Scotland determined to destroy AnneLister's reputation. Is the marriage strong enough to surviveconstant attack?
