" As I understand, you need to marry and sire a child rather soon. If Cat doesn't succeed in bearing a son, the Hathaways will lose Ramsay House."
"We've survived many things far worse than losing a bloody house. I'll marry Marks and take the risk."
"Perhaps you're testing the waters," Harry said, his face expressionless. "Trying to determine if she's fertile before you marry her. "

― Lisa Kleypas , Married by Morning (The Hathaways, #4)