![]() His austerity and preoccupation with politics made her life seem dreary and purposeless. Glencora, a wealthy heiress in love with the worthless but charming Burgo Fitzgerald, had been coerced into a loveless marriage with the heir to the Duke of Omnium. Interwoven with this plot is the story of Plantagenet Palliser and Lady Glencora. Finally, finding himself without friends or funds, he emigrated to America. When he learned of Mr.Grey’s intervention, he was so furiously angry that he tried to kill him. George won the election and took his seat, but shortly after was compelled to contest again and lost. Grey learned of this and provided £4,000, presumably from Alice’s account. George’s grandfather, whose death he had been eagerly anticipating, disinherited him, and in his disappointment and anger he demanded that Alice furnish the funds to pay his election bills. Kate was anxious that Alice should marry George to assist him in a parliamentary career, and she weakly consented to renew her engagement, although with a stipulation that the marriage should he postponed for a year. ![]() The marriage was approved by her father and her highly placed relatives, but George’s sister Kate persuaded her that she was not adapted to the quiet life of the country, and she broke her engagement. After the conclusion of a stormy engagement with her reckless and selfish cousin George, Alice Vavasor, a young woman with an independent fortune, engaged herself to a country gentleman, John Grey. ![]()
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