A Reconstructed Marriage

Mrs. Traquair Campbell spends a quiet Saturday tending to her accounts, but a sudden interruption pulls her into a family mystery. Her daughter‑in‑law, Isabel, bursts in with urgent news: her brother Robert has been receiving letters from a woman named Theodora and keeps an unusually ornate Bible on his dressing table. The revelation threatens the long‑standing plan that Robert should marry the respectable Jane Dalkeith, whose family once bailed the Campbells out of financial ruin.

As Mrs. Campbell’s fierce devotion to honor clashes with Isabel’s suspicion, the household becomes a battlefield of whispered loyalties and hidden motives. The story captures the tension between duty and desire, set against the backdrop of a proud Scottish estate where tradition weighs heavily on every decision. Listeners will be drawn into the early intrigue, eager to see how these competing expectations will shape the lives of those caught in the web of a “reconstructed” marriage.