News of Marianne's alleged impregnation of Viscount Danbury's daughter spread in few minutes, the townspeople cannot help but gossip about it.
"They're the perfect match, an illegitimate daughter and a useless son," they cackles.
"Mother!" Beatrice exclaims, bursting into the room where her mother is sitting. "Did you hear the news? They're saying Mario impregnated a girl!"
"Oh, really?" the Viscountess replies, a sly smile on her face. "That's quite the scandal! It could affect us, but still it could work to our advantage. Mario would be the most affected and the family would gain pity. If Mario were to be disinherited," the Viscountess says, her eyes glinting with satisfaction, "that would mean that the title would go to my son. And that would mean you will be the respected, and you would be married to a nobleman."
"But we have to prove it first," Beatrice points out. "How can we do that?"
