I have the desire to make a secret bastard — in 1877, the mother was disgraced by your "gentleman," who was either already engaged or just refused to make up for his...error in judgement, shall we say. Someone else stepped in — possibly an older gentleman in desperate need of an heir, possibly just a really genuinely good guy — and married her, keeping her in the upper class. If her mother ended up marrying an older gentleman, I picture him recently deceased — within the last two years. I would like my character, a young woman, to find out about her mother's "incident," get curious, and seek out her biological father, with whatever reaction he might have.

I am currently looking at Josefine Frida Pettersen as a face, but I am not 100% attached.

Edit: I typoed on the year and added a detail.