Civil Contract Part V

 Adam takes Jenny to Fontley when the Season is over in August, and Lydia returns to Bath where her mother is leading her Dowager life.  

Jenny has been suffering a lot from morning sickness, but is pleased to get to Fontley, and begins to learn about life in the country.  She enjoys pottering round the garden but Adam seems reluctant to fully take her into partnership in his attempts to improve the estate. She feels depressed too when Julia appears with a party of friends to visit, as she feels that it is better for Adam if Julia would keep her distance until both of them have recovered from their feelings for each other.  Lord Rockhill comes with her, and he chats to Jenny hinting that he wants to marry Julia but is not really worried that she cares for Adam.. because he believes that it is all a silly infatuation, and that Julia will recover. Jenny agrees, in her matter-of-fact way that it is true that the over sensitive and impractical Julia really knows little about Adam and that she and he would never make a successful couple.. and that she would recover if she didnt see him for a while.  

Soon after the visit, Mr Chawleigh comes for a holiday, and he realises that Jenny is not that well.  She tells him of her pregnancy, and he is worried and angry.  He tells Adam that she should not be in a remote place like Fontley, when she's having a baby and that he worries for her, as he lost his wife through her giving birth to a stillborn son....

Adam can see his father in law's point of view but Jenny is upset and angry.  She likes Fontley, and she feels happier there keeping house and learning about country life. She thinks that her health is better in the country.. but in the end she and Adam agree to go to London and consult a top obstetrician.....