"The Widder."

An Uncle Silas piece not featuring the usual outrageous reminiscence by Silas, but instead a recollection by the narrator of a lovely country outing with his uncle to a "widder" with a "long rambling orchard," and thus bearing some of the dreamlike qualities of Bates's early coming-of-age tale "Alexander."

A television adaptation starring Albert Finney was aired in 2001.

Published in:

• The Evening Standard (August 16, 1956)
• Sugar for the Horse (1957)
• The Complete My Uncle Silas Stories (Bloomsbury ebook, 2016)