Book

A Blot in the ’Scutcheon

by Robert Browning

See its constellation

Remember

Published

1843

Genre

Fiction

Pages

107

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2074580.A_Blot_in_the_Scutcheon?ac=1&from_search=true

Mildred Tresham, only sister of Thorold, Earl Tresham, has been seduced by Henry, Earl Mertoun, whose lands adjoin those of her brother. Anxious to repair this wrong he formally requests her in marriage. Thorold, who knows nothing of his sister’s fall, readily consents. But a retainer sees Mertoun climb to Mildred’s chamber and informs his master, without being able to identify the intruder. Questioned by her brother, Mildred admits the truth of the story, but refuses to divulge her lover’s name or to dismiss Earl Mertoun. Deeply wounded in his family pride, which is morbidly intense, Thorold is too emotionally stirred to infer that Mertoun and the lover are the same.

Collections

Harvard Classics

ISBN

ISBN-13

9781332752416

ISBN-10

1332752411

Tags

Emotions-LoveHarvard ClassicsHonorInterpersonal Relationships-FamilyTheater-PlaysTragedy