The Way We Live Now Chapter 48 - Ruby A Prisoner

In which the young Ruby Ruggles, restless and longing for a final dance with her lover Sir Felix, finds herself constrained by her aunt Mrs. Pipkin’s resolute guardianship and the strictures imposed by social expectations. Meanwhile, Mrs. Hurtle returns to the lodgings, contemplating her own precarious position and the delicate, unspoken hopes that still linger amidst these troubled lives.