
Johnson, a respectable man, remarking that the slight looks awkward since she is his wife is her intimate friend. She realizes that she is still out of favor with Mr. Johnson) who is at present not speaking to her because of her marriage to Manwaring. Manwaring in a jealous temper threatens to appeal to her guardian (Mr. Sir James departs, Maria is incensed, and Mrs. He is contemptibly weak and she a romantic.

Sir James made proposals to Lady Susan for her daughter, but Frederica is violently opposed to the match. Even after being discreet since her arrival three months ago and admitting no ones attentions but Manwaring, and flirting with Sir James Martin only to detach him away from Miss Manwaring for her daughter, all the females in the house are against her. Lady Susan writes from Langford to her confidant Alicia Johnson in London. She fears that her education has been lacking because of her own attentions to her husband’s long illness and a governess not equal to the charge. On her way, she will deposit her daughter Frederica in one of the best private schools in London. She longs to become better acquainted with her sister (his wife) and the children.


Even though her friends with whom she is staying urge her to prolong her stay, she finds them too social for her present state of mind. Vernon and accepts his invitation to stay at Churchill. Lady Susan writes from Langford to her brother Mr.
