Financial pressures push la Molle estate toward sale
Colonel de la Molle faces mortgage strain as Quest and trading firm Comey & Bon refuse further advances. The plan to farm the hamlet remains, but lenders fear further losses, threatening a forced sale of Horham Castle and surrounding lands. Ida watches family fate unfold.
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Tur Ten Tennis Party Brings Ida to Forefront
Ida de la Molle hosts a lawn tennis gathering at a manor amid looming financial ruin. Lawyer Mr Quest warns her father is ruined. Ida weighs asking Comey’s heir Edward to intervene, risking her own position for the estate’s fate.
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Tennis Intrigues and Courtship at the Quest Estate
In a social tennis gathering at the Quest estate, Harold Quaritch offers a reward inquiry and Ida de la Molle faces her father’s suspicions. Mr Quest advises leniency toward the quarrels, while Edward Comey and Miss de la Molle discuss money troubles and possible misunderstandings. The scene ends with a promise to continue.
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