Battlefield of Inkerman (Crimea)

Mollie recalls the Battlefield of Inkerman in Crimea, where Terrall served during the 1854 Crimean War. Her uncle died there amid the chaos, a loss that haunts Terrall and surfaces in his sudden, pained collapses and volatile departures. This distant slaughter ground explains his fractured demeanor, linking past violence to present instability in Maxtible's household.