Chapter 25
Percival Crawford did not approve. And was determined that his son marry and father a son in turn, preferably as soon as possible, to keep the estate secure and the family reputation intact. He was equally determined to avoid a scandal, and would tolerate Will’s failures as an heir and a man if they could never speak of it and if Will married appropriately and efficiently. Doing his duty. One useful thing, in a waste of a life, a mere unworthy placeholder in the Stonebrook line.