George Russell is still not sure he’s fully on board with Bertha’s plans for Gladys, but during a bedroom conversation, she seems to convince him ever so slightly that her scheme to marry Gladys off to the Duke is a worthy cause. Not only does she claim that it will empower Gladys (“I don’t expect you to understand this because you’re not a woman,” Bertha says, putting him in check) but then when he asks when he’ll get a say in Gladys’s life, Bertha replies, “The day I’m in your boardroom giving you my ideas on the railroads and the steel mills. Larry has invited Marian, who’s about to witness the chaos of the Russell household in full effect, but before the Duke can arrive, Billy Carlton pays an unexpected visit to Gladys to tell her he doesn’t have the strength to keep their relationship going.
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Published at: 2025-07-01 21:30:00
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