Wylder's Hand Chapter 15 - Dorcas Shows Her Jewels To Miss Lake

In which a dinner at Brandon unfolds beneath the austere watch of Lady Chelford, revealing strained family dynamics and a discourse on matrimonial obedience that skates lightly between jest and severity. Afterwards, in the quiet intimacy of a private chamber, Dorcas confides to Rachel a secret passion and a foreboding sense of doom that hangs over their family, invoking a sombre reflection on love, fate, and the burdens of inheritance.