For Whose Sake‪?‬

On an Atlantic steamer bound for Liverpool, marriage, fraud, and buried guilt collide in a confined world where every smile hides a threat. Gentleman Geff—really Kightly Montgomery, a newly wealthy criminal haunted by two murders—travels with his beautiful wife Lamia, who married him for money and keeps up the appearance of devotion, even as his supposed dead wife Jennie and their infant child are on board. Jennie, weakened by seasickness and cared for by the kindly Mrs. Hopkins, emerges onto the deck only to face the husband who tried to erase her from his life. Calm but resolute, she refuses his pressure to stay silent and, moved by pity for the woman he has also deceived, delays exposure until she can reach her father in England. Lamia, meanwhile, plays the grateful heroine to the other passengers while Kightly drinks, gambles, and schemes to abandon the ship at Queenstown rather than face Liverpool. When he finally does leave, Jennie is free to enjoy the crossing and is joyfully reunited with her father at the Mersey. Back at the country house, Ran receives Longman, learns of Julia's marriage to the respectable greengrocer John Legg, and discovers that Legg's ambitious son has entered holy orders and been placed in Haymore parish through family influence. Ran's growing stewardship is shown in his kindness to Dandy, his promotion of the loyal groom Hobbs, and his reflections on loyalty, service, and the tangled deceptions surrounding the Legg family. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.