Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Lord Palmerdale's immediate post-wreck shift of blame for the yacht's accident from himself to the lighthouse service ('the previous incident') establishes his pattern of using institutional power to avoid consequences. This same defensive pattern later surfaces in Harker's confrontational response to Palmerdale's role in the incident, specifically Palmerdale's 'failure to utilize' information (past actions) and Harker's insistence that the financial information and criminal liability is what must be addressed now."
About Causal Connections
A directly causes B. The first event sets forces in motion that produce the second. These are the load-bearing connections of plot--remove one and the story structure collapses.