Winona Wallace nearly jumped up.
"Why not the three young masters of the Nelson family? Grandma, those three young masters are clearly of marriageable age, matching my age perfectly. Mr. Nelson, he... how could he..."
Mr. Nelson is of noble status, about the same age as Bruce Wallace, but that's not the main point.
The most important thing is that all Eastonians know that the distinguished second master of the Nelson family, Benjamin Walker, is a fool!
As a child, he had a high fever that damaged his brain. How could someone like that be worthy of marrying her, Winona Wallace!
Bruce Wallace also reacted at this point, urgently like Winona Wallace: "Mom, Mr. Nelson is about my age, and his mind isn't clear. This marriage is no different than giving Winona to William Carter. Mom, we can't sell our daughter like this."
Selling a daughter, huh, this suggests degrading Winona Wallace.
