Status Updates From Framley Parsonage

Refusing to feel sympathy for Mr. Sowerby. No. Not gonna do it.

The Griselda Grantly subplot and the Mr. Sowerby subplot are resolving nicely. There’s been a retreat of the palpable anxiety of the first 30% of the book.

Barsetshire may not be ready for Rev. Crawley.

The Trollope Literary Universe is almost
my favorite thing about Trollope.

Mark is pressured by
Sowerby to put his name on a bill. And my anxiety is twigged.

2026 Reread. I tend to get hung up in the first quarter of the book. I dread Mark getting mixed up with the Chaldicotes set.

(...) She said also, with equal formality, (...) that she would in no respect detract by interference of her own from the authority of the proper mistress of the house. Nevertheless, it is well known to every one at Framley that old Lady Lufton still reigns paramount in the parish.

One point, however, is worthy of notice, as showing the good sense with which we manage our affairs here in England. In an early portion of this story, the reader was introduced to the interior of Gatherum Castle, and there saw Miss Dunstable entertained by the duke in the most friendly manner. (...)

'My lord, have you heard what has happened?' said the gardener, coming to him at the gate. The man was out of breath and almost overwhelmed by the greatness of his own tidings.
'No; I have heard nothing. What is it?'
'The bailiffs have taken possession of everything at the parsonage.'

(...) And Mrs Gresham, as she spoke, looked into her friend's face doubtingly, not knowing whether in very truth Miss Dunstable was pleased with her or displeased. If she were displeased, then how had her uncle been deceived!