Grand Sophy Part II

There is a lot of tension in the family, while they are awaiting Sophy's arrival. Cecilia is upset that her brother is pressuring her to marry Charlbury, who is at present ill with mumps.. and she is still in love with Augustus. Sophy arrives in London, and she is popular with her cousins in a short time. She tells her aunt that her father is engaged to a SPanish lady and has brought her to England to live, and hopes to marry her later on. Sancia is beautiful and rich but very ildle. Sophy however is lively, intelligent and energetic, and she can see the problems in the family. She meets Eugenia, and can see that she is a cold prim and proper girl who will make the younger children unhappy. She knows Augustus Fawnhope and she can see that while he is a nice young man, he's not reliable or well off enough to support a wife. Sophy thinks it would be better to let Cecy spend time with Augustus and she may get tired of him. If she continues to love him, then Charles should let her marry him. Sophy also notices that Hubert, the second son who is only 20, is rather gloomy and she wonders if he is in trouble. Sophy takes her cousins and aunt to meet Sancia who is living at a villa outside London, and the lady is quite charming but literally half asleep, like Austen's Lady Bertram. Hubert plays a prank on Eugenia, during the visit, locking her in a wood in the gardens with Augustus Fawnhope, because he finds her irritating.