As the stock market gets complicated, so does the story of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth. People are critical of Lily's relationship with Gus Trenor which makes sense because everybody knows of Lily's search for a wealthy husband which makes this look like a scandal waiting to happen. Mrs. Peniston did not take it very well that her niece would be flirting with a married man. Also, Grace Stepney got her chance to make Lily look bad: "...hatred over Lily prevailed over more personal considerations (101)." Mrs. Peniston seems like a nervous wreck right now, so I am not sure if something bad will happen to her or not because she just seems like a character that something bad will happen to.
For some reason, Lily can't seem to stay out of trouble. I do not know what she was expecting to accomplish with her visit to Bellomont. Gus Trenor is grumpy with her, and of course there is her situation with Selden. Their meeting in the garden reveals that Selden is still in love with her which of course complicates things. In the words of the great Jay-Z, she's got 99 problems.
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