Part Two: Chapter 9, (253-277) Summary

A week later, Celia has every wish of leaving Naworth. She finds the entire Dacre clan to be loud, rude, boisterous and dirty. At first Celia hopes that Leonard will pay her some attention. She thinks he might also change his ways and be a good man to have court her. She soon finds that she is wrong. Leonard begins to pay her attention, but it is not the kind she wants. He tries to kiss her, is constantly touching her in inappropriate places, and is very rough with her. This is not how Celia envisions a courtship.

In one instance, Leonard is trying to gain Celia's attention. She is instead distracted by something funny happening across the room and begins to laugh. Leonard becomes very angry because he thinks Celia is laughing at him. He grabs...