Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Penmarric Part II
After the rape of Janna, she still refuses to give Mark a divorce. She does not want him to be free to marry Rose. She becomes pregnant from the rape which embitters her furhter. Mark is ashamed but still retaliates by pushing for custody of his children. Since he is a gentleman and Janna is not upper class, he wins and the Castallack children spend several years in Oxford, living with him and Rose.
Philip is angry and hostile to his father and his illegitimate brothers. He vows that as soon as he's old enough, he will leave school and go back to Janna. She has returned to Roslyn farm.. her old home. She had never cared for Penmarric and the upper class life but was happier as a farmer's wife.
The next narration is by Adrian, the younger son of Rose and Mark. He is a schoolboy, and is most unhappy with the invasion of the Castallacks.
Before the war, Rose dies of TB and Mark decides to leave his home in Oxford and go to Cornwall taking all his children. Jan Yves, the youngest son of Janna, conceived in violence, is difficult and only likes William, his older half brother. Janna had left him at Penmarric with his nanny when she went back to Roslyn Farm. Now, Philip goes to live at Roslyn Farm with his mother, and Adrian leaves school and joins up when War breaks out.
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