Uncle Silas Chapter 13 - Before and After Breakfast

In which Maud Ruthyn, stirred by the enigmatic portrait of her uncle and his romantic past, finds herself the object of a youthful, if financially motivated, attentions that are met with family scrutiny and gentle rebuke. The morning at the family estate unfolds with a delicate interplay of society's expectations and the quiet musings of a young heiress on love, loyalty, and the inscrutable designs of fate.