To France we go! Edith Wharton takes book 2 of The House of Mirth to the French Riviera. I seriously feel like Lily just can't find a way to stay out of trouble. This vacation to the Mediterranean seemed like a good way to take a step back from her problems, but now she's got another problem. It seems that Bertha Dorset will be the antagonist in the second half of this story. Bertha is crafty; I'll give her that. She diverts the attention away from her affair with Silverton to a bogus affair between Lily and George Dorset. I think Bertha is torn between keeping Lily on the boat and kicking her off because Lily serves her a great use by distracting George, who I think is actually falling in love with Lily, but Lily also is getting along better with the nobility such as Lord Hubert and the Duchess which makes Bertha jealous.
George desires a divorce, and he wants to bring Selden in to help him legalize it, "'Why not Selden? He's a lawyer, isn't he? One will do as well as anoother in a case like this (164).'" At this point, I am glad Selden will come back into the story because his character is more relatable than the others. Hopefully, Selden's reappearance will help solve some of Lily's problems and they will all live happily ever after...maybe.
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