Definitely agree with what everyone has been saying about the chapter so far! Honestly, as no one else is aware of the Cinderella connection, Mildred just looks like she's favoring one daughter to marry the prince, esp to Iris and Lily. Mildred is aware that good looks matter when getting married but in that she unknowingly shows her daughters (like when she presents ashley first) that she does consider Ashley more 'marriageable', not them.
Ofc that's not mildred's intention at all and she pays attention to all of them whenever they're out, and pushing ashley's potential marriage more above her daughters is mildred's way of trying to secure their futures. It just seems like both daughters have caught wind of some of that tho and that kind of sucks since there's no way for Mildred to explain around that she does feel more secure in ashley's future marriage not because she thinks of her daughters as less but because she thinks she knows what will happen. Cant wait to see more healthy communication tho! hopefully!