This was a great read and Jane Austen introduces us a different character. A woman who is sly and manipulative.
After Frederica resorts to Reginald for help when her mother insists on her marrying James Martin, Reginald is angry and decides to leave. But Lady Susan pretends to say that she did not know that the engagement was so disagreeable to Frederica, and she also tells the same to her sister-in-law. Reginald stays, and Catherine thinks that there is real risk that her brother and Susan would marry.
Then Lady Susan decides to go to London because her intention is to marry Frederica to James Martin. Her friend, Mrs Johnson, tells her that she can't stay with her because her husband, who was supposed to go to Bath, has decided to stay when he heard that Lady Susan was in town. Catherine, then, finds her some lodgings.
Then there is an uproar as Mr Mainwaring, the man who she seduced and was the reason to leave for Churchill, comes to London and visits her every day. Then Reginald turns up as well, and from Mr Johnson, who is Mrs Mainwaring's guardian, hears about Mr Mainwaring visiting Susan every day. Reginald writes a serious letter to her, saying that he now knows for sure what kind of woman she is, and their relationship is over. Susan writes back a couple of times, but Reginald is adamant.
At the end of the book we learn that Susan demands Frederica come to London with her, but she is unable to marry her off. So the person who marries James Martin is herself.
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