Jamaica Inn Part II

Mary is not happy at the inn, and wishes she could take her aunt away but knows that Patience is unable to break free of her husband. She meets Jem Merlyn, Joss's younger brother, who is closer to her in age, and he tells her he's a horse thief, but that he's not violent, like his brother. She is attracted by Jem, but keeps telling herself that she does not want to be tied down by a man... She finds that Joss is a smuggler and a wrecker.. He and his gang lure ships onto the shore and kill the crew and passangers and steal the cargoes. Mary becomes increasingly determined to stop him from his murderous career and bring him to justice. She is afraid of Patience getting into trouble, however, so she hesitates. She meets the Vicar of a nearby parish, a strange but seemingly gentle man who has white hair and light coloured eyes. She feels that she could turn to him for help. Mary talks a few times to Jem Merlyn but she is not willing to become his mistress. She finds that Joss while apparently the man in charge of the smuggling, is a drinker and when he's drunk he tells her how he remembers the women and children he's killed.