" Horace slapped her back, and a week later, Cecilia left for New York. The journey had taken five weeks—more than enough time for Cecilia to second- and third-guess her decision. But she truly did not know what else she could have done. She wasn’t sure why Horace was so dead-set on marrying her when he had a good chance of inheriting Marswell anyway. "

― Julia Quinn , The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband (Rokesbys, #2)