Laura and Sir Percival return from their honeymoon, and Marian comes to live with them at Sir Percival's mansion, Blackwater Park (sounds cheery). Marian is less than pleased with the situation.įlash-forward to after the wedding. Laura hems and haws about everything but finally decides to marry Sir Percival anyway, since she promised her dad she would. Sir Percival also makes some shifty legal demands regarding Laura's inheritance, which the family lawyer doesn't like. The letter tells Laura to stay away from Sir Percival-he's a creep. But Anne Catherick sends a letter to Laura prior to her fiancé's arrival. Walter peaces out and Sir Percival arrives on the scene and woos his Laura some more for good measure. Marian and Walter investigate the woman in white, who is named Anne Catherick and who bears a weird resemblance to Laura.īut then Walter has to leave because of his love for Laura, who is already engaged to a dude named Sir Percival Glyde. Walter heads to Limmeridge House, where he promptly becomes BFFs with the older sister, Marian, and falls in love with the younger sister, Laura. Before heading out to the sisters' house, he meets a mysterious woman dressed entirely in white who has just escaped from a lunatic asylum. So Walter is an art teacher who lands a gig teaching two sisters how to draw. (Glad he gave us that head's up.) Walter actually gathered a lot of testimony and letters from people to tell us a dramatic and totally true story. Our story beings with Walter Hartright helpfully telling us that he's about to tell us a story.

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