The Mill on the Floss CliffsNotes
Summary and Analysis Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 1. Lucy Deane is being courted by Stephen Guest, son of the principal partner of Guest and Company. He is a handsome, apparently flippant young man. Lucy is telling him that she has important news. He guesses that it is about her dog's diet or Dr. Kenn "preaching against buckram"; but ...