Hastings hears through Cynthia that Emily and Evelyn have had a terrible fight. It isn’t long before calamity breaks out. Like everyone else at Styles, he dislikes Alfred Inglethorp immediately after meeting him, finding himself greatly unsettled by the man’s presence. He also enjoys talking to Cynthia Murdock, a young woman who mixes medicines at the nearby hospital and who has been living at Styles ever since she was orphaned. He takes a particular interest in John’s wife, Mary, whom he finds attractive. Hastings’s first days at Styles Court mainly consist of meeting everyone who lives at the country house. Emily welcomed Alfred into the home, and it wasn’t long before they announced their marriage. Everyone is suspicious of Alfred, thinking he’s “fortune hunting.” When he first arrived, he claimed to be a distant cousin to Evelyn Howard, Emily’s closest friend. He explains that there’s some tension at Styles Court these days, since his stepmother, Emily, recently married a younger man named Alfred Inglethorp. After they’ve gotten reacquainted, John invites Hastings to spend time at his family’s country house, Styles Court. Arthur Hastings is on leave from World War I when he runs into an old friend, John Cavendish.
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