Sense and Sensibility Part VI

As Marianne recovers, she accepts that Willoughby never loved her in a true sense and that he behaved very badly, both to her and to the Colonel's Eliza. Then their manservant comes in from an errand, and tells Elinor and her mother that he met Mrs Ferrar that morning, and heard from her own lips that she and Edward had just been married. Elinor is very upset that he is now married. A little later, however, Edward himself arrives at Barton Cottage. Elinor mentions his marriage, and he tells her that he has not married Lucy. It is his brother Robert. Old Mrs Ferrars made over an estate to Robert, when Edward refused to desert Lucy. Now, Lucy has managed to inveigle him into a proposal. Since Robert owns the estate and it cannot be taken from him, he is well off enough to propose to Lucy and keep her and Mrs Ferrars can't stop him. Robert is not very likable, like his mother and sister.... but his marriage sets Edward free. He then asks Elinor to marry him and she agrees once they have enough to live on. He has been given the church living by Colonel Brandon and they are able to afford to get married. Marianne can now see the good side of Col Brandon, and after Elinor and Edward get married, she accepts him and becomes his wife. Robert and Lucy have a bit of a cat and dog marriage but get on all right.