- Lopez needs money to pay for his speculative business investments and political debts and tries to get it from his father-in-law and the Pallisers.
- Plantagenet feels Glencora's ostentatious entertaining at the Castle compromises and degrades his position as Prime Minister and orders her to stop it. He also counteracts her efforts on Lopez's behalf in the by-election at Silverbridge by taking out an ad in the local newspaper declaring his neutrality and wish to have his tenants vote their consciences. Without the support, tacit or otherwise, of the Duke of Omnium, Lopez loses in a landslide. He owes money to his business partner as well as creditors from the campaign, and pressures his father-in-law to pay his outstanding debts. After Abel Wharton agrees to the money but makes it clear that there will be no more, Lopez writes to Plantagenet blaming Glencora for his troubles and asking to be reimbursed for his campaign expenses - despite having them already settled by Wharton. Although Plantagenet is aware that giving money to Lopez will compromise his position as Prime Minister if it becomes public, he feels it is the honorable thing to do. When Lopez tells Wharton that Emily is pregnant, the lawyer remains adamant about not giving him anything more than living expenses. Seeking revenge, Lopez offers to sell a sanitized version of the by-election to tabloid journalist Quintus Slide.—duke1029@aol.com
- Ferdinand Lopez has married Emily Wharton and almost immediately has her ask her father for £3,000 which he soon gets. He still has his eyes set on being elected to Parliament as the member from Silverbridge but the Duke refuses to give him his support, despite Glencora's support for him. He is unsuccessful in his bid and gets both his father-in-law and Palliser to give him the £1000 the campaign cost him. When Emily becomes pregnant, he doesn't hesitate to use the fact to get even more money from his father-in-law. He also decides he has a story the gutter press might be interested in paying for. Meanwhile, Plantagenet takes Glencora to task for her seemingly never ending entertainment of the elite of English society. He now feels that she has gone too far and is sensitive to accusations in the media that he is effectively bribing his guests with the lavish stays at his home. Lord Silverbridge is still in exile and living in Venice where reacquaints himself with Lady Mabel Grex, a childhood friend who has grown into an attractive woman.—garykmcd
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