By Celeste Bradley
"The purely approach for vicar's daughter Phoebe Millbury to inherit a relations fortune is to discover herself a duke—just as her past due grandfather demanded in his will. yet Phoebe, who's nonetheless attempting to make sturdy after a romantic scandal, additionally has her cousins to deal with. They're all competing for a similar cash, even perhaps an identical males. ..until Phoebe meets her fit within the extraordinarily good-looking and captivating Rafe Marbrook.
When she gets a wedding suggestion from the Marquis of Brookhaven, Phoebe is overjoyed to benefit that Rafe is headed for dukedom... and accepts his supply. There's just one challenge: It's from Rafe's older, much less attractive brother, Calder. Now Phoebe reveals herself at the verge of yet one more scandal as she faces a determined selection: Marry Calder for his money—or stick with her personal center? every one method can simply bring about trouble...
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She shows him Lady Dedlock's letter and he summons Bucket to search for her and offer his full forgiveness. The detective finds Esther's handkerchief in Lady Dedlock's boudoir and calls on Mr Jarndyce late at night to beg for Esther's help in his search. Commentary With the discovery of Lady Dedlock's flight, the narrative gains pace as Dickens suggests the desperate speed of Bucket's search, and in the last paragraph the reference to the brick-kilns hints at the final twist in the unfolding of Lady Dedlock's tragedy.
Chapter 38 Summary When Esther returns to Bleak House, she visits London, where she finds Caddy happily married and learning to give dancing-lessons as Prince's 30 health is not good. Together Esther and Caddy call on Mr Guppy, and Esther begs him not to make any further inquiries about her personal history. Guppy, startled by Esther's changed appearance, and fearing that she wishes to take up his proposal of marriage, is clumsily anxious to hear her formally decline his offer again in front of Caddy.
Mter delaying for two weeks, she tells Mr Jarndyce that she will marry him. 33 Commentary Though the mystery of Esther's birth has now been solved, the reader's interest is maintained by uncertainties about whether Lady Dedlock's secret will be exposed. Jarndyce's proposal raises problems for Esther, too. She loves and respects her guardian, and prudence suggests the marriage would be a good one, but Esther is a young woman with powerful emotions, which she recognises that marriage to Jarndyce would not fulfil.