@SpinningTheSeedsOfLove
Trouble is, when the RF turn the screws on those who marry in, it has to be careful it doesn't set off a chain reaction when they leave people like Sarah F without money. She knows a few secrets, I think.
Yes, quite! You'd think they would have learned this lesson by now, as they have had enough practice!
Considering the way it finally fell to bits, with the toe-sucking all over the papers, she probably wasn't in much of a position to demand more for herself as opposed to the girls
I've always believed the RF will have a lot more background on those who marry in than we know, and given their ruthlessness I'd expect them to use it when it suits
Yes she probably wasn't in the best place to negotiate. Apparently PA was away at sea for huge tracts of their early marriage and most of one pregnancy (I forget which). I suppose she knew that when she married him though and no different to other naval wives ...
...having said that, and of course we don't know the ins and outs, but there always seems to be an old fashioned view among the RF and the aristocracy that adultery ok for both men and women. But it's ok for men if it gets out in public, but definitely not for women.