The day will come : a novel

A bright, ringing peal summons the village of Citheron to a sudden celebration, as a newly‑wedded couple arrives from London to claim their honeymoon cottage amid the rolling pastures and rugged cliffs of Dorset. The locals—shopkeepers, gypsies from a nearby race meeting, and the garrulous innkeepers—turn the afternoon into a half‑holiday, swapping jokes and snapping photographs beside the old church tower. The scenery, a patchwork of heath, meadow and the looming silhouette of Corfe Castle, frames the cheerful bustle with a quiet, timeless charm.

Beyond the festivity, the story turns to Citheron House and its enigmatic master, a self‑made lord who purchased the estate decades ago with the wealth of his own ambition. Though beloved for his generosity, he remains an outsider to the old‑world gentry, his modern sensibilities clashing with the village’s traditional ways. As the new owner invests in a long‑dormant quarry, the readers are invited to watch how wealth, status, and community intertwine in this vivid portrait of love, change, and rural life.