Phantom Fortune Chapter 16 - Her Face Resigned to Bliss or Bale'

In which Lady Mary discovers her grandmother, Lady Maulevrier, stricken by a sudden and serious illness that leaves her physically paralysed but mentally resolute, and the household adjusts to the somber new reality with quiet attentiveness. The day passes beneath a shadow of stillness and unspoken anxieties, as Mary tends to her with tender care while the household’s routine shifts to accommodate the fragile health of its once imperious matriarch.