Poldark novels Part III

Ross is tried but vindicated, and he and Demelza have another baby, Jeremy. George and Elizabeth get married but before they marry, Ross visits Elizabeth and forces himself on her, to try and dissuade her from marrying George. He and Demelza come close to separation but Elizabeth goes ahead with the marriage and has a son Valentine who may be Ross's son. Elizabeth gets a cousin of hers, Morwenna to become governess to Geoffrey her son by Francis, and this girl and Drake Carne, Demelza's brother fall in love. However, George arranges a marriage for her to Osborne Whitworth, a local clergyman who has lost his wife and want another one to satisfy his carnal needs and look after his other children. Then George irritates the elderly Poldark aunt, Agatha who lives with him and Elizabeth. She is a cranky old lady who is fond of Ross, and she has been looking forward to her 100th birthday, but George who has always disliked her, find out that a mistake has been made and she is only 98. He tells her and tells her that they will have to cancel the party as she is not 100. In a rage, she tells him that Valentine is not his son, that he was not born prematurely - as George believed. She works herself up and dies. George is angry and upset. He has always been jealous of Ross and disliked the Poldarks, and he begins to ignore Valentine and to be unkind to Elizabeth.