![]() As events unfold, Mrs Vernon observes Lady Susan's behaviour and attempts to mitigate it, within the boundaries of the established manners of the time.This is quite a short book, written in epistolary form. For unspecified reasons, Lady Susan vehemently opposed the match, though she has yet to meet the lady as the novel opens.) Reginald de Courcy, Mrs Vernon's brother, has heard about Lady Susan's sojourn at Langford and decides to visit Churchill to meet this marvel, " the most accomplished coquette in England". (Six years earlier, when Frederick Vernon was forced to sell Vernon Castle, she refused to let Charles Vernon buy the family estate, as he was then courting Miss de Courcy. ![]() Lady Susan, widow of Frederic Vernon, invites herself to Churchill, where his brother's family live (having overstayed her welcome with friends at Langford), stating that she looks forward to meeting his wife and children for the first time. ![]()
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