Stripped of the title of Mrs. James Black, Julie Sampton awaited to see Jane Sampson ensnare herself due to offending the Black Family and either be kicked out of the Sampton Family by their father or, for the second time, be used as a tool in marriage to another man. As a divorcee, she would never find a family with as high a status as the Black Family. She might even end up married to an old man older than her father.
Father Sampton glanced at Julie Sampton, who was sitting there and did not seem upset in the least by James Black's phone call.
To him, the fact that James Black still protected Jane Sampson was a good thing—it meant that Black would not divorce her because of this incident.
Moreover, James's temperament was not something that others could manipulate; therefore, as long as he persisted, even if Old Master Black did not favor Jane, James Black would not divorce her.
For Father Sampton, merely maintaining the status of in-laws with the Black Family was sufficient.
