Nancy Mitford

Linda settles down in Alconleigh, where Dorothy Fanny's mother has also turned up to seek refuge..with a Spanish boyfriend. Davey and Emily are also there. The Alconleighs are not aware of the break up of Linda's second marriage... or that she has a new lover. but Dorothy who has left several husbands, is, and teases Linda about her French duke. Linda is not very well, and Fanny worries about her since she was not supposed to have another baby. Fanny is also pregnant and so is Louisa Linda's older sister. Spring comes and Linda only has one letter from Fabrice which she cannot read. Then, she has her baby, a boy, and dies in giving birth. Fanny has another son and she and Alfred contact Christian and offer to adopt Linda's child. Fabrice is shot during resistance work and Fanny and Davey tell the parents that Linda was in love with Fabrice, and had his baby. They accept their new grandson.... but they all miss Linda