The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 6

On a wind‑blown island where rain and isolation attract only the frail and the solitary, the proud Lord Mountfalcon lingers far beyond his acquaintances’ approval. He finds himself caught between a restless contempt for women and an inexplicable, almost maddening attraction to Lucy, the young wife of his friend Richard. As Mountfalcon’s inner turmoil grows, his erratic behavior—oscillating between cold indifference and passionate obsession—begins to disturb the fragile peace of the estate.

Lucy, newly arrived and unaware of the lord’s designs, tries to navigate the strange expectations placed upon her while holding onto a quiet resolve to be useful in a world that values her little. The arrival of the Hon. Peter, bearing unsettling news, forces Mountfalcon to confront the dangerous mix of desire, pride, and duty that threatens to unravel the delicate bonds among them. Listeners will be drawn into the tense, atmospheric first act, where love, power, and restraint clash amid the relentless sea and the island’s relentless gloom.