Sherry takes Hero to London with him and has her put up in an hotel, so that he can arrange a marriage. He has to ask his friends about how to get a licence for the marriage, and some of them are not very bright, but they are good at coming up with stories to cover the elopement.
Hero meets his little group of friends, and they all get on well, and in a couple of days, she and Sherry marry. He writes to Mrs. Bagshot, Hero's cousin, to let her know of the marriage, knowing that as she has three rather plain daughters, she will be furious at her orphaned impoverished ward having caught a very wealthy man. He buys a lot of clothes and presents for his bride, who is so happy as she has never had such luxury before. But she is reluctant to take on the family's London house, as it is dreary and intimidating and she is unused to London life. Sherry decides to rent a smaller cosy house that she can manage.
Hero's marriage is happy at first, though she frequently makes social mistakes, due to her youth and lack of knowing about Society's ways. Sherry is happy too, but he still spends a lot of time with his male friends and spends even more money than he used to, and he makes no attempt to take on his responsibilities in regard to his estates. He and Hero both lose money gambling, and his lawyer warns him that while he is very rich, he needs to be more careful.
Isabella is a little peeved that Sherry married so quickly after she turned him down, but she likes Hero.. She has several suitors, including the hot-tempered Byronic George Wrotham, who is passionately in love with her and very jealous. She loves him but he is not that well off and she is unsure whether to commit to him. Her mother pressures her to consider richer suitors, and she does. She starts to flirt with Sir Montagu Revesby, who is one of Sherry's friends, but Sherry's other friends do not like him and think that he encourages Sherry to gamble.
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