 On his arrival at the Wentworths' state, Felix first meets Gertrude, the nonconformist Wentworths daughter, who is shirking attendance at church and reading romantic literature instead.After introducing himself, he stays over for dinner while she is soon intrigued and enchanted by her cousin.The next day Eugenia pays them a visit and meets not only the four Wentworths but also Robert Acton and his sister Lizzie who are the Wentworths' cousins by another side of their family.