Penmarric Jan's narration 2

Jan renews his affair with Rebecca, Jonas' mother, but he is not sure if he wants to marry her. She has always been reluctant to marry him, claiming that Hugh was the love of her life. Jan finds her exasperating at times, because of her mixed social heritage. She is awkward with the Castallacks because of her farmer father's background and she can be touchy and difficult. Jan also has never liked Jonas..who is not a sullen badly behaved child. But he continues with the affair for a time. Then another tragedy strikes. Philip is killed while exploring the old mines with his nephew, Esmond. His death at only 41 is a terrible grief for Janna. It also comes as a shock to Jeanne Castallack, Philip's sister. After her first husband died, she married Donald Macrae, the local doctor and was having her first baby. Jeanne goes into labour. She has a stillborn child and dies. Jan is very shaken as he has grown much closer to his brother. But he is now master of Penmarric. He has achieved his ambition. However when Rebecca finds that he has cut her son out of the estate, she is furious and breaks off with him. Jan is lonely after this, since his mother does not want to live in Penmarric and remains at Roslyn farm.. and while he is busy with the estate, he feels that he and Rebecca will never get over this break up. Soon afterwards, he meets a young woman, Isabella Clay, some years his junior, who is the daughter of a former army officer. She is very lovely. She is engaged to another man but Jan believes that she is only marrying him to get away from her parents. He persuades her to break off her engagement and marry him instead. Janna is a little wary of Isabella but decides that she genuinely loves Jan and will make him happy. They get married and settle down at Penmarric but war is looming. Jan is very happy with his new wife but he does find on their wedding night that she was not a virgin. So he fears that she might be unfaithful, if she is not kept busy and happy. The couple are busy running the estate and visiting London at times, but then Rebecca reappears in Jan's life. She tells him that she's pregnant, that she had a brief affair with a schoolmaster who had been staying as a summer guest in her farmhouse, and became pregnant. The man has deserted her and she needs help.