"Charles II, himself a crypto-Catholic libertine, was reputedly appalled by James's folly in matters of religion and sex: 'My brother will lose his kingdom by his bigotry, and his soul for a lot of ugly trollops.'" John Mullan
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Pivotal events (3)
Next, we have the arrival of James Morland's second letter and the revelation of the financial settlement being proposed for the young couple. The disappointment of both Isabella and Mrs. Thorpe is obvious to anyone whos name is not Catherine Morland and even she has uneasy feelings she can't quite define.
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