sentences:  During her stay, Maud is subject to various attempts by Dudley to court her, but she rejects him thoroughly on each occasion.Silas is periodically subject to mysterious catatonic fits, attributed to his massive opium consumption.Various ominous happenings begin to take place at Bartram-Haugh; it becomes increasingly difficult for Maud and Millicent to find any route out of the estate; meanwhile, Dudley's courtship culminates in a marriage proposition to Maud; when she confronts Silas about it, he attempts to coax her into accepting.