The Real Charlotte II

Charlotte invites Francie to Tally Ho Lodge her home, for a visit.. because her old aunt had wished it. However she is jealous of her cousin, who is young and fresh and charming. She does have ideas though of using Francie.. She can see that the girl has good looks and attracts men, and that it might well be possible to make a match for her with one of the local gentry. Christopher Dysart son of Sir Benjamin, is a gentle likable young man whose mother wants to get him married and if Charlotte were to bring off a marriage, her cousin would be one day "Lady Dysart of Bruff" and an important figure in local society in the town of Lismoyle, and Francie would owe it to her that she had achieved this rank. Francie has been living with her cousins, in Dublin in a shabby neighbourhood. She has a small income of her own but it is not really enough to keep her. Her uncle Robert is not making much money and the family are always on the verge of having to move to an even more downmarket neighbourhood. She is not really comfortable with the upper classes in Lismoyle, used as she is to mixing only with her uncle's family in Dublin. She likes to flirt and frequently gets things wrong, when mixing socially. She is aware that the Dysarts' circle look down on her for being ill educated and inexperienced in "good society". Christopher Dysart however can't help being strongly attracted to her. Her beauty and naievety please him and he's willing to overlook her lack of education.