Felix Holt, The Radical Chapter 26

In which the quiet earnestness of a morning's revelation uncovers the tender truth of Esther's parentage and the complex affections entwined with it, stirring her spirit to a new depth of sympathy and resolve. The weight of uncertain legacies and the solemn charge of fidelity to truth bring a sombre gravity to the unfolding life that waits beyond the dawn.